SANTO DOMINGO.-The presidents of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, and of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez have confirmed their presence and will meet in the Dominican capital for the second time this year, when they attend the inaugural of their colleague Leonel Fernandez’s third term August 16.
So far the presidents of Taiwan, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Haiti and of the Spanish Government, the Spanish prince, and Belize prime minister Dean Barrow will also be present, whereas others have yet to confirm.
Fernandez said he warmly asked Uribe to "be with us in this occasion and he has pledge it so. He was with us in 2004 and I was also in his inaugural in Colombia."
Uribe and Chavez took center stage in the Rio Group Summit held in Santo Domingo in early March, where Fernandez managed to get them and Ecuador president Rafael Correa to “shake hands” on the conflict prompted by the Colombian Army’s incursion into the latter’s territory.
From: Canada
chavez the loser....He may have been overthrown by then....the people are tiring of his bull feathers
From: Canada
Will the other loser" Danny the Diddler " be coming also
From: Canada
Dread is thrilled that his prince will be visiting from Espana his favorite soccer team
From: Canada
Dread have you got your white suit ready
Written by: juanb, 7 Aug 2008 8:52 AM
From: Dominican Republic
It's a shame that all of these people, and many others are coming to pay tribute to a man who has chosen to look away from the problems facing his country.
From: United States, Houston
Juanb,
Not really, with the exception of Uribe and the Spanish delagation, EVO,ORTEGA, CHAVEZ, CORREA they all basically ignore thier people as well.----Perfect fit i say.
Written by: Cacique, 7 Aug 2008 9:08 AM
From: Dominican Republic
It's a shame they won't take advantage of the gathering to vow to become the next nuclear superpower...VIVA ZAPATA, DUDE!
Written by: Jander, 7 Aug 2008 9:09 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Chavez latest antics
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez is using his decree powers to enact a set of socialist-inspired measures that seem based on a package of constitutional changes that voters rejected last year. His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and the political opposition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06....d/americas/06venez.html?ref=worldFrom: United States, Houston
Written by: Jander, 7 Aug 2008 11:15 AM
From: Dominican Republic
State controlled supermarkets hmmm...
That wouldn't work for me I don't need anyone telling me what or when I can eat.
On the other side I am sure there won't be obesity problems.
In time their will be boatloads of Venzuealans heading for the DR.
From: Canada
Let us hope they will be able to get their money out.....bring cash bring cash
From: Canada
Now thats an immigration problem we could use..... come on down and bring your cash
From: Canada
I know but we can dream ....everybody wants to be in Miami because it is so close to America
From: United States
I think gas is only 6-cents a gallon in Caracas .. it's close to $6 a gallon in Santo Domingo .. what Venezuelan would want to pay those prices .. not to mention chronic electricity blackouts .. no Santa Margarita Island .. no Chavez to "inspire" them .. it's gotta be really tough "back home" for somebody to risk a cruise across so many miles of ocean .. just to illegally enter the DR.
Written by: Escott, 7 Aug 2008 1:34 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Sosua/Cabarete
I listed a condo in the DR to barter once and a guy with a property on Margarita Island wrote me. I laughed and said "NO THANKS, I want no part of Hugoland". How or why anyone would purchase a 2nd home or anything in that country now is beyond my imagination
From: United States
You should have gone after that slice of Margarita Island .. Hugo is not going to last forever .. after the US is finished with Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Japan, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Australia, Canada, Greenland, Norway, Iceland, Italy, Sardinia, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Guatemala, Ecuador, Tierra Del Fuego, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia .. they will get him .. no way he can get away with nationalizing US oil companies in the Orinoco without paying the ultimate price .. he's going down .. arrested and sent to Guantanamo as an enemy combatant .. he will be "water-boarded" .. a mild technique to loosen him up and help him talk .. no no no .. it's not torture .. it's just a little coaxing .. you know .. encouragement .. a gentle little shove to help him learn English.
From: United States, Houston
Ghouliish,
bovine scatology- Who told you that I had a PHD in that field of study. It is one reason I am attracted to politics the end result is the same.
From: United States
You got the "Bull by the Horns" there pardner .. I had no idea you had an advanced degree in that discipline .. it is an honorable profession .. I may be entirely mistaken.. as usual .. but I think there is a widely read Journal out of either Amarillo or Lubbock that puts out the latest scientific discoveries in that most "sticky" of fields .. and yes many a great politician has tiptoed their way through the labyrinthian passages of the business .. I would like to protect the guilty so no names .. if I did I could go on and on until the "cows came home" .. if you get the drift..
Written by: Belial, 7 Aug 2008 4:55 PM
From: United States, Texas
"The Venezuelans are beging to speak out," Tex says, citing the lying El Universal for support, for his big lie that "Venezuelans" ... what Tex means is a minority of bourgeois scum in Venezuela ... speaks out against the Venezuelan Revolution.
From: United States, Spring Valley, NY
Wow, even Preval is going.
From: United States, Houston
Belial,
I presented articles that offer the story from the representative of the largest trade union (union=representation of workers, the common folk) I presented two articles in English and one in Spanish. The same laws that he enacted that they are complaining about were voted down during a general election in December. The problem with people like you, Chavez, Morales, Correa,and Raul is that you dont care what the masses want, it is what one person wants. Your lopsided view of the world is through an ideaolgy that is all but dead because it is proven not to work. If you can comment on stories from the press here as being factual why can you not accept what is presented by that press as being factual. Bottom line --as you always say, the workers will overcome and will throw of the yolks of the oppressive bourgeois, the story says just that. So what is it do you argree with what you always spout which is what the story is about or just to disagee with everyone else.
From: United States, Houston
I guess that I could call you a Kipper. In certian parts of the UK they also have another name for a Kipper and it is.......A two faced gutless bastard. So here you are again defending the masses yet not defending the masses. You should really pick a side, a moral stand and stick with it consistantly at least that way it will show what you are really made of. Or is it because like most far left leaning idiots your just here to pi$$ people off. In which case move to Cuba or Dufar or Sudan, somewhere where they will welcome your ideas before hacking off your head because you are not like them after all.
From: United States, Houston
Belial,
Y una otra cosa, ten cuidado a quien esta llamando "scum" o voy a llevarse a mi barrio alli (sector agua potable, Pozoules, Puerto la Cruz) y te suelta a la calle. Quanto tiempo tu creas va a sobreviver?
From: United States
All of these corrupt officials have nothing better to do than visit each other and pat each other on the back when they get relected.
It should make every Domincan sick to his stomach to watch this lavish life style that these individuals lead at the expense of their hard work.
Is the metro running yet and do they have electricity 24 hours /day??????
From: United States
Written by: gouletcolonial, 7 Aug 2008 12:22 PM
From: Canada
Now thats an immigration problem we could use..... come on down and bring your cash
"We" there goes that word again, have you forgotten your not a Dominican
From: Canada
Chill do you think America feels that way about your dumbass....I dont think so
From: Canada
chill you should read what it says on the Statue of Liberty and stop thinking like a Jibarito
From: Canada
Chill I see you are still dabbling in the work of the Dark Side.... be careful...You do not want to end up like" Belial the Imbecile "
From: Canada
On the subject of the condo ....This is multiple choice.....what does not belong in this category/group 1.AIDS/HIV 2. Gonorrhea 3. Condo on Margarita 4. Syphilis...................................answer
From: Canada
answer 2. you can get rid of gonorrhea
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Not really, with the exception of Uribe and the Spanish delagation, EVO,ORTEGA, CHAVEZ, CORREA they all basically ignore thier people as well.----Perfect fit i say.
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez is using his decree powers to enact a set of socialist-inspired measures that seem based on a package of constitutional changes that voters rejected last year. His actions open a new stage of confrontation between his government and the political opposition.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06....d/americas/06venez.html?ref=world
http://www.eluniversal.com/2008/0....stiman-que-chavez-c_983357.shtml#
http://english.eluniversal.com/20....sition-party-rej_06A1888041.shtml
http://english.eluniversal.com/20....laws-expand-govn_06A1885879.shtml
That wouldn't work for me I don't need anyone telling me what or when I can eat.
On the other side I am sure there won't be obesity problems.
In time their will be boatloads of Venzuealans heading for the DR.
bovine scatology- Who told you that I had a PHD in that field of study. It is one reason I am attracted to politics the end result is the same.
I presented articles that offer the story from the representative of the largest trade union (union=representation of workers, the common folk) I presented two articles in English and one in Spanish. The same laws that he enacted that they are complaining about were voted down during a general election in December. The problem with people like you, Chavez, Morales, Correa,and Raul is that you dont care what the masses want, it is what one person wants. Your lopsided view of the world is through an ideaolgy that is all but dead because it is proven not to work. If you can comment on stories from the press here as being factual why can you not accept what is presented by that press as being factual. Bottom line --as you always say, the workers will overcome and will throw of the yolks of the oppressive bourgeois, the story says just that. So what is it do you argree with what you always spout which is what the story is about or just to disagee with everyone else.
Y una otra cosa, ten cuidado a quien esta llamando "scum" o voy a llevarse a mi barrio alli (sector agua potable, Pozoules, Puerto la Cruz) y te suelta a la calle. Quanto tiempo tu creas va a sobreviver?
It should make every Domincan sick to his stomach to watch this lavish life style that these individuals lead at the expense of their hard work.
Is the metro running yet and do they have electricity 24 hours /day??????
From: Canada
Now thats an immigration problem we could use..... come on down and bring your cash
"We" there goes that word again, have you forgotten your not a Dominican