NewsWhore
05-29-2007, 03:20 PM
On their inaugural broadcast, Huchi Lora and Nuria Piera set the tone for their CDN La Radio 5-7 pm talk show reporting that the Dominican Republic has more consuls in the US than Mexico and India, as reported in El Caribe. The investigative journalists said that the DR has appointed 182 consuls in the United States, with wages that run from US$1,800 to US$5,000 a month, plus benefits. Lora said his source of information was the Ministry of Foreign Relations, where he had to place multiple requests and appeal to the Free Public Information Access Law to get the information. He said the Ministry only supplied the information after a court ordered that the Metro office (OPRET) release information on the construction of the Santo Domingo metro to Lora.
Lora revealed that the Fernandez administration has appointed nine consuls, two honorary consuls, 72 vice consuls and three honorary vice consuls. This is in addition to 89 assistants to consuls, two honorary assistants to consuls, two consular counselors and two cultural counselors.
In New York alone, where there is a general consul, there are 26 vice consuls, 42 assistants and two counselors. Mexico, the country that has the most legal migrants in the US has 15 consular members based in New York. India that has the largest number of legal migrants in the US has only seven members in its New York consulate. France has only 13 members in its consulate.
Lora and Piera reported the government pays RD$40 million a month in wages at the consulates in only five countries.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)
Lora revealed that the Fernandez administration has appointed nine consuls, two honorary consuls, 72 vice consuls and three honorary vice consuls. This is in addition to 89 assistants to consuls, two honorary assistants to consuls, two consular counselors and two cultural counselors.
In New York alone, where there is a general consul, there are 26 vice consuls, 42 assistants and two counselors. Mexico, the country that has the most legal migrants in the US has 15 consular members based in New York. India that has the largest number of legal migrants in the US has only seven members in its New York consulate. France has only 13 members in its consulate.
Lora and Piera reported the government pays RD$40 million a month in wages at the consulates in only five countries.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)