NewsWhore
06-19-2007, 06:20 PM
President Leonel Fernandez has announced the purchase of nine Super Tucano airplanes from Brazil. The US$45 million deal will be financed by the Brazilian National Economic Development Bank (BNDES). The planes are intended for use in the fight against drug trafficking operations using the Dominican Republic as a transshipment point to the United States. Fernandez made the announcement while visiting the Brazilian Aeronautical Company (Embraer) plant in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. Fernandez says that the first planes will arrive in the DR in December. The airplanes would be paid from a new 12-year scheme funded by US$1 levied on tourists visiting the Dominican Republic.
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