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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 03 March 2017

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Medina addresses Odebrecht scandal

President Danilo Medina delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address to the legislative assembly on 27 February, Dominican independence day. Medina preferred to devote the majority of his speech to his government’s achievements rather than its travails, but it was most noteworthy for his decision to break his silence over the massive bribery scheme involving Brazil’s construction giant Odebrecht, a scandal which he conceded had “raised the justifiable indignation” of Dominicans.

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