Where are the streetlights?

[NewsWhore]

Listin Diario reports that streetlights seem to have disappeared from the country. The issue is even more pressing since Santo Domingo was named American Capital of Culture for 2010. Dominicans have got used to the dark streets, but reporter Ramon Urbaez makes the point that security is now a big issue. The reporter says that streets and bridges have been left in darkness due to robberies. The DR is a leading copper exporter, despite the fact that it is not produced here. The authorities have not been effective in dealing with the problem. The newspaper goes on to describe how the lack of street lighting affects the entrance of the city, main city avenues, and rich and poor barrios equally.

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