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Santo Domingo.- In the backdrop of debates and protests over the operations and contracts with Canada based miners Barrick Gold and Xstrata Nickel, Ottawa’s Foreign minister John Baird visited president Danilo Medina Thursday, and met in the National Palace behind closed doors.
Quoting unnamed sources, Efe reports that an official press release and wasn’t issued at the express request of the Canadian Government .
Baird, who met with Medina for around 30 minutes, is on the second day of a visit to the country as part of a tour of Latin America, was accompanied by Canada Ambassador Georges Boissé.
And although the Canadian Foreign Minister visited several government agencies in the Dominican capital, sources said the local media provided scant coverage.
The visit comes while many sectors call on the Government to renegotiate the contract with Barrick Gold, to reflect gold’s current record prices, and environmentalists reject Xstrata Nickel’s plans to exploit the Central Mountain site of Loma Miranda.
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Don't bend RD!
It's your country, and gold.
That stinks!
The Neo-Colonial Masters come to read Saint Danilo the Riot Act.
And Sovereignty Is Sovereignty!
Nationalize the Mine and Send Barrick “Stold” Packing!
Now everybody loves the Chilean Neo Liberal “Chicago Boys” Economic Miracle yet a little known or talk about part is:
“The nationalised Chilean mines were kept under state control after the Pinochet's 1973 Chilean coup d'état, despite the junta's pro-U.S. leanings and this is still the case, largely because of public sentiment and because Codelco is a major contributor to the Chilean Exchequer (Treasury). Codelco pays income tax, all dividends go to the government and it also pays a 10% tax on the export value of copper products and associated byproducts according to Law 13,136.”
wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_nationalization_of_copper
It is a real show of ineptitude that the roads of the east are being dug up only after a few years to be done properly. Can you imagine the issues with a gold mine??? Unthinkable!!!
PuntaCanaMike,
Mike do you think the Arabs ran or some cases run the oil fields after they were nationalized?
You just Nationalize and hire the best and the Brightest from anywhere in the world until you develop your own national expertise.