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SANTO DOMINGO. - A deluge of criticism in the news media and social networks was unleashed Thursday when the publication paid by the Senate confused the birth date of the Patriarch Juan Pablo Duarte with that of his death.

Dominicans today mark his 199th anniversary Duate’s birth, for which Senate president Reinaldo Pared apologized for the flub.

"We render our more felt excuses for the involuntary error on Duarte contained in the publication of the Senate," the lawmaker said.

Juan Pablo Duarte was born in Santo Domingo January 26, 1813, and passed away in Venezuela in 1876.

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11 comment(s)
Written by: josean, 26 Jan 2012 4:07 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia

And here we thought the PRD and Mejia were the Burros!
Written by: telemeco, 26 Jan 2012 4:21 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Monte Plata
I am crossing my finger, hope to see some political backslash
Written by: BASTA, 26 Jan 2012 4:33 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
It wasn't me! It was our Queen who did it. Venezuela in 1876. What day? Why there, was he a bad boy? And how many $$$ did he take with him?

Written by: antonio1, 26 Jan 2012 7:00 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Av Santa Rosa, La Romana
Congratulations
Written by: Yucahu, 27 Jan 2012 4:47 AM
From: United States, Miami
These idiot politicians couldn't find there way out of a paper bag. Tan brutos, imbeciles !!!!
Esto no es Periquito Perez de quien estamos hablando es de Duarte, Dios lo tenga en su gloria. Duarte! How can you screw that up???
Written by: zooma, 27 Jan 2012 7:21 AM
From: United States

Burros, yes. Would like to know how the editors and proof readers (if they exist) of the "publication" let this one slip by. Oh excuse me, I lost my mind, the editors and such do not exist, the publication is staffed with botellas.
Written by: RoyStone, 27 Jan 2012 10:31 AM
From: Australia
Do Dominicans know or care what day it is anyway?
Written by: ScandiViking, 28 Jan 2012 6:44 PM
From: Denmark
RS,
of course, the Presidente day 365 times a year
Written by: RoyStone, 28 Jan 2012 7:11 PM
From: Australia
ScandiViking,
Which "Presidente" would that be?

The one in the hearts and minds of every Dominican,
(in a bottle)
Or the one that occasionally sleeps in the palace?
Written by: ScandiViking, 28 Jan 2012 7:15 PM
From: Denmark
My wild guess would be the bottle
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