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08-25-2006, 04:10 PM
President Fernandez will again be one of the Dominican Week speakers, with a talk scheduled for New York City on Wednesday, 20 September from 7:30 to 10:30 pm at the Model Room, of the New York Yacht Club. The 14th Dominican Week will be held this coming 18 September through 21 September with events scheduled for Washington, D. C. and New York City.
Dominican Week seeks to strengthen the ties between Dominicans and Americas, as well as to foster bilateral trade and promote the best Dominican values. During the event, well-known speakers and panels of Dominican and American experts will explore topics about doing business in the Dominican Republic, economic integration and free trade.
Workshops have been coordinated on DR-CAFTA in Washington, DC with Dominican Ambassador to the US Flavio Dario Espinal (contact esalazar@amcham.org.do), a discussion on Constitutional reform with Daniel Erickson of Inter-American Dialogue, Jonathan Hartlyn of UNC-Chapel Hill and Roberto Alvarez, Dominican ambassador to the OAS at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, and a discussion on how the DR is affected by the threat of the high cost of petroleum with Frederic Emam Zade of the Global Foundation and Radhames Segura of the CDEEE. (Reservations with m.rodriguez@funglode.org).
For New York City, an event to honor Dominican teachers has been scheduled at Hostos Community College, as well as the presentation by President Leonel Fernandez on his first two years in government (contact esalazar@amcham.org.do). A discussion on DR-CAFTA challenges with Eddy Martinez is also scheduled (reservations m.rodriguez@funglode.org). In addition, there will be a panel discussion on the Dominican Diaspora and Dominican Capital Markets, hosted by Dominicans on Wall Street and Goldman Sachs, with the participation of Jose Maldonado Stark of Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti, Marcos Troncoso of Emprende, Frank Abate, of Women's World Banking, and Jose Luis Martinez of Bear Sterns (reservations dows_news@yahoo.com).
For more on Dominican Week, which is organized by the law firm of Russin, Vecchi & Heredia Bonetti, see http://www.rvhblaw.com/index_en.php?zona=dominicanweek

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