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06-08-2009, 03:50 PM
Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa was defiant in his rejection of a potential agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). "Why should we sign with the IMF?" Bengoa said that unfortunately there has been a re-emergence of the Guacanagarix complex (the belief that all things foreign are superior), "because some people think that we need foreigners to tell us what to do." Hoy writes that Bengoa's comments fall in line with recent statements by President Fernandez who said that an IMF agreement would be a Plan B, but that the government wasn't planning to sign a new agreement with the IMF.
"They are wrong, people who think that the IMF is coming to the DR to solve Dominican problems. They are coming here to make sure we take the proper measures in order for us to pay our debt to them," said Bengoa on the IMF presence.
Nevertheless, he said that neither he nor President Leonel Fernandez had completely dismissed the idea of signing an agreement.
Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu and Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas have recently made statements in favor of signing another agreement with the IMF.
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"They are wrong, people who think that the IMF is coming to the DR to solve Dominican problems. They are coming here to make sure we take the proper measures in order for us to pay our debt to them," said Bengoa on the IMF presence.
Nevertheless, he said that neither he nor President Leonel Fernandez had completely dismissed the idea of signing an agreement.
Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu and Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas have recently made statements in favor of signing another agreement with the IMF.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)