Strike averted

[NewsWhore]

A two-day strike scheduled for the southwestern province of San Juan de la Maguana, which was to begin at 6am today, was canceled after President Leonel Fernandez promised to meet with a special representative committee at the Presidential Palace on Friday. San Juan Senator Ramon de la Rosa said the strike had not been called to get the government to build promised public works, but because agricultural products were not being sold. A lack of coordination between what was harvested and what farmers have been able to sell has led to large product surpluses. Farmers are waiting for the government to purchase 300,000 quintals of beans.

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