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NewsWhore
02-19-2008, 01:50 PM
Los Guaricanos, an impoverished area of Santo Domingo, could lose an RD$400 million donation to build a new hospital because the government has failed to provide land for the hospital. The donation was made by Yale University Hospital to the Santo Domingo North Municipality, according to Evelio Fabio Mota and Cesar Valdez, country directors for Mision Positiva Internacional. Mota and Valdez showed Hoy documents that were sent to President Leonel Fernandez, the State Sugar Company (CEA), BanReservas and legislators, explaining the details of the program. The directors explained that the political muscle behind the projects was given by US Congressman Joseph Lieberman, who sent a letter to Fernandez about the project last January.

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