NewsWhore
02-19-2009, 02:50 PM
The Spanish authorities in the Dominican Republic handed over the first passport to the first person of Dominican nationality to receive the benefit of the Law of Historic Memory that could well benefit 40,000 or 60,000 persons in the DR. The first person to receive a Spanish Passport was Liliam del Carmen Rosello, the daughter of a Spaniard who was born in Algers and a Dominican mother. Rosello told reporters her family history as she received the passport from the Spanish ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Diego Bermejo and the Consul General, Manuel Hernandez during a ceremony at the embassy. Rosello, an accountant by profession, said that the so-called "Law of the grandchildren" is recognition of the descendants of those Spaniards that were persecuted or victims of violence during the Civil War or the Franco dictatorship in Spain. Rosello began to process her request for the passport just days after the Law of Historic Memory went into effect in January. The Spanish Consulate receives as many as 90 requests a day according to the consul Hernandez. Ambassador Bermejo said that for persons that fulfill the requirements, the processing time is "quite fast."
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