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Moca, Dominican Republic.- Amid the searing heat scorching northern Espaillat province in recent weeks, community groups on Thursday began a series of often violent protests  to demand that the aqueduct and sewage utility (CORAAMOCA) supply water, unleashing clashes between demonstrators and National Police agents.

The protesters blocked roads, bridges, roads, and country lanes with torched tires, tree trunks and branches, broken bottles and other debris in the villages Ortega, El Higüerito, Reparadero, Tierra Dura and Guazuma, located in the northern part of Moca.

Police agents were sent to the areas where strikes are taking place, as the organizers warn that until CORAAMOCA resolves the situation the protests will continue indefinitely.

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Written by: josean, 15 Jun 2012 4:18 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


Is this the Dominican Intifada?


Written by: josean, 15 Jun 2012 4:56 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


FOX NEWS is Reporting:


"3 Die in protests in Dominican Republic"


Three people were killed and eight others hurt in clashes between police and protesters in the northern Dominican town of Salcedo, authorities said Friday.

All three of the dead were civilians and at least two of them perished of gunshot wounds.

Two police were injured and dozens of people arrested, including six protesters said to have been carrying guns.

Community organizations launched the protests to demand the arrest of a cop they say is responsible for the May 14 killing of area resident Hector Medina.

Radio station Z-101 quoted National Police commander Jose Armando Polanco Gomez as blaming the protests on "some anarchists who don't respect (legal) norms."

He also accused the Salcedo coordinator of the Broad Front of National Struggle, or FALPO, Dario Antonio Camilo Ortega, of having encouraged demonstrators to confront police with guns.

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Written by: josean, 15 Jun 2012 4:58 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


Two police generals were sent to Salcedo on Thursday with orders to seek a negotiated solution to the dispute.

While representatives of the Catholic Church and the municipal administration met with the police brass, the most militant element among the protesters boycotted the talks. EFE



foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/06/15/3-die-in-protests-in-dominican-republic/#ixzz1xtiZv1Rl

Written by: Ricardolito, 15 Jun 2012 7:37 PM
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
It is boiling in the capital today ...yesterday I was on my roof with some contractors and today I still have a plitting headache but I have a little water and electricity which is more than many residents have had for the past few days ..so the North is not on their own on this issue
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