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08-17-2006, 03:30 PM
The Dominican Republic has submitted its candidacy for the soon-to-be vacant non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, and thus will not be backing either of the two other strong candidates, Venezuela and Guatemala. The DR has strong ties with petroleum-supplying Venezuela, while Guatemala is being strongly endorsed by the United States, the DR's leading trade partner. The UN vote will take place in October. The DR also sought the seat in 2002 and almost managed to secure the entire Latin American and Caribbean vote, but ended up losing to Mexico, which won the vote with 138 to 40, when shortly after a change in government, that country expressed its interest in the seat. http://www.coha.org/2006/08/10/venezuela... (http://www.coha.org/2006/08/10/venezuela%E2%80%99s-candidacy-for-the-un-security-council-appears-on-track/)
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