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Welcome to our blog/vlog about the upcoming presidential election on May 16, 2008 in the Dominican Republic. We will be blogging and posting election information, photographs, interviews and videos about the election and the country's society and politics. We are Paper City Films.

One day strike in Dominican Republic

A one-day strike took place in the Dominican Republic today, with heightened police presence in the zona colonial. The strike was called by the Foro Social Alternativo, a group of political parties including MIUCA and other social organizations.
http://www.diariodigital.com.do/articulo,27067,html

This follows on the heels of a 3-day strike by doctors.

PLD accuses PRD candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado of corrupt business deals.

The ruling party, PLD, released documents showing PRD candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado may have had corrupt business deals while director of public works under former president Hipolito Mejia.

Recent surveys (released 2/17/08) show varied findings: one showed PLD Fernandez with a 13 point lead, enough to win without a runoff; and another reported them tied.

Campaigns

Both candidates are using various websites and youtube to promote their candidate.


Leonel Fernandez - PLD Partido de la Liberación Dominicana • www.pld.org.do •
http://www.comandoleonel.com
http://www.leonelfernandez.com/
http://www.leonel2008.org

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=comandoleonel



Miguel Vargas of the PRD - Partido Revolucionario Dominicano - prd.partidos.com

http://www.miguelvargasmaldonado.com/
http://www.mvp2008.org/
http://www.mipresidente.com/
http://www.myspace.com/miguelvarga2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vsw4VXpnHA
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=MVM20082012
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=eyronc
Also has a whole album worth of campaign songs in whichever musical flavor you prefer: merengue, reggaeton o rock.

PRSC

Amable Aristy
http://www.amablepresidente.blogspot.com/


The former chief of the National Police, retired general
Pedro de Jesús Candelier, candidato presidencial del Partido Alianza Popular (PAP)
http://www.candelier.com.do/
http://www.pedrodejesuscandelier.com/
http://www.alianzapopular.com


Partido Nueva Alternativa - Almanzar
























Ex ministro de Obras Públicas Eduardo Estrella, del Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata (PRSD);
http://youtube.com/profile?user=editoree









Trajano Santana, del Partido Revolucionario Independiente (PRI);








Ex fiscal Guillermo Moreno, del izquierdista Movimiento Independencia Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA).

Political parties in the Dominican Republic

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The incumbent is Leonel Fernandez of the PLD.


running against Miguel Vargas of the PRD.





Political parties in the Dominican Republic from wikipedia

There are two electoral alliances of parties, the Progressive Bloc which includes the PLD,
and the Grand National Alliance which includes the PRD and the PRSC.

Other parties:

PRSC http://www.amablepresidente.blogspot.com/





Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos



Partido Comunista del Trabajo





Unión Patriótica – UPA



Movimiento Popular Dominicano.. M.P.D.

Movimiento Independiente Unidad y Cambio –MIUCA-

Partido Nueva Alternativa – PNA-


Fuerza de Trabajo - FT -







Partido Comunista-M.l. publishes Despertar!





Organización Revolucionaria del Pueblo- ORP-

Organización Política de los Trabajadores- OPT-

Liga Socialista de ;os Trabajadores- LST-

More listed at broadleft.org

IMF & banks create bad press for Fernandez

Dominican Government violated norms with Sun Land loan, IMF says

Dominican Republic ratings placed on negative watch - S&P
February 11, 2008: 12:43 AM EST

BANGALORE, Feb. 11, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) Ratings Services said it placed Dominican Republic's 'B+' long and 'B' short-term sovereign credit ratings on negative watch, citing uncertainty surrounding promissory notes due between March and July, including the possibility that they will not be paid because they were issued illegally.

The Dominican Republic has a history of poor debt management and lack of transparency, S&P noted....