More green houses more local and exportable produce Kudos for LF .......Hugo the Farmer did nothing with his chance

More Great news if you like your money, that you earned yourself, being taken by force to give to the unproductive.

I do like my money that I pay in taxes given to worthy projects ,,I work not to solely enrich myself but to enrich others , but I see that there are some who follow a creed well founded in the DR of caring nothing for others ..just oneself.
Strange use of the word spur in the article ,,it normally is to spur on ,,from the use of the word spur on a riders boots as he urges his horse on .

The money keeps flowing in unfortunately never gets to where its supposed to.

No Jimmy that was your guy Hippo the Farmer who stole everything

The folks in DR will never see a penny of this, unfortunately.

And the beat goes on.........

Mariposa,
Like always, sad but true.....
I could see those handling the transactions singing a new top 10 merenge "were in the money, were in the money".

Why don't people in the DR just RISE UP? Why don't they storm the PALACIO??? Dominicans have no real role models anymore, there are no Salome Urenas anymore or Mirabals.

Dominicans need to overcome their fear and SPEAK OUT. Although I'm seeing a lot of activity with the University students in recent months............

Mariposa,
"DR just rise up" ......."storm the Palacio" careful how one says that.
I'm reminded of many such actions in the past like Cuba, San Salvador etc..etc.. which always results in mass loss of innocent lives.

Sudden radical change brings the worst out of people even those with good intentions, socialist revolutionist feed and gain power with the call for social justice mixed with anger, lawlessness, hopelessness and mass public discontent with the idea of overall radical collective change is the only answer.

The struggle justifies the cause, the wants and needs justifies the their actions result.....the end justifies the means which can only usher the call for a one leader type thus enters the DICKtaker.

I believe the FREEDOM OF THE PRESS / FREEDOM OF SPEECH / FREEDOM OF LAWFUL ASSEMBLY is in reality a socialist worst enemy.

Those freedoms just mentioned controled by the the socialist equal's a point of no return.

It's probably going to be genetically modified agricultural help or the "franken foods" I don't have proof but these giant "Agri-businesses" do not do anything but GM. Please go to Google Video and type in "World According to Monsanto". Very eye opening documentary

Sorry, but "taking it to the streets" is the most visible and effective way to deal with this.

"The world will be watching", as they say. If the demonstrations are peaceful, there is no need to fear the loss of life, and nothing is gained by moaning and complaining while sitting in your rocking chair!

What we have now in Dominican Republic is a benign dictatorship, backed up by the military, and the ultra-wealthy, who like the status quo just as it is.

WAKE UP!!!!

Take heart, maybe he will commit suicide

Written by: mariposa, 4 Aug 2010 7:23 AM
From: United States
What we have now in Dominican Republic is a benign dictatorship, backed up by the military, and the ultra-wealthy, who like the status quo just as it is.

WAKE UP!!!!

You missed: AND backed up by the US, Canada, the Europeans, and their Asian friends. Plus, Brazil and Mexico, ...

That's why this government stands a chance to increase the economic pie in DR. Grow up this isn't the make believe world; but the real world. And in the real world you deal with the alternatives at hand, not those you wish were at hand.

What do you mean "grow up"?????


Of course the U.S. backs DR, it is their "insurance" against the "communists".....a very old and tired story.

What I am reading from your post is that the PUEBLO should just keep taking up the a** and keep their mouths shut, and continue to vote for whoever gives them the largest sack of rice......talk about "growing up"! sheesh.

Mariposa,
Excuse me for butting in....PLEASE READ MY LAST POST.

"insurance" aganist the "communist" a very "old and tired story".

More like the battle against FREEDOM will no longer be fought the way past wars have been waged.

The wars of the future are now planted / seeded with social discontent [play victim] and waged from within Countrys threw socialist revolutionist using social justice, social change, distribution of wealth, collective thinking with collective ideology on all aspects in a free sociaty.

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

Rumors have it that when Prez. Nixon was leaving China on that historic visit Moa's last words to Nixon were "we may not defeat you on the battle field, but we will defeat you from within".

History repeating its self or by intentional means.....special thanks to Prez. "0" and all his advisors from the radical 1960's, in closing......how much money I.O.U's does the U.S have on China ?

YOU DECIDE.

Obama has ZERO to do with the situation in Dominican Republic -- whether it was before Trujillo was assassinated or after.

For the record, my father was a diplomat under Trujillo, until he turned against the dictator.

Mariposa are you high ? Are you on Drugs ? Obozo was not even born when El Jefe was ended

What the heck are you blabbing about? Of course, I know that. I meant the U.S. in general, not the specific President.

Look, I am of Dominican descent. My parents were activists...as was my grandmother. I was able to visit the country for the very first time the summer of 1961, after Trujillo was killed. My mother, my sister and I could not enter the country before that time. I feel strongly for DR, I love it, I love the people (especially the poor), my husband (who doesn't speak English) and I work actively in a small village of only 23 families in Monte Plata, when we visit ......we enjoy a beach apt. in Juan Dolio and spend 4 months a year in DR.

That being said, I STILL FEEL THE PEOPLE SHOULD RISE UP.

Mariposa you were a baby or a child in 1961 ?.....Si o No ....

Mariposa,
Why would Prez. "Oh'Nooo" send LF [the middle man] to Cuba, Haiti etc..etc..
What happens to any Country in the western hemisphere is in the general intertest of the U.S like it or not.

I admire your passion......for what's right or wrong....many share your passion.

If you don't mind me I asking.....at what point in El Hefe's rule did your Father realize something is wrong with this picture ? ever think of writing a book !

I believe in the U.S theres a revolution brewing which started 2009 with Gov. taking control of all aspects of American life.

Thank GOD it won't about violence but a shift back to what made America great in the first place
the U.S Constitution.....MAYBE A GOOD EXAMPLE THE DR SHOULD FOLLOW ?

Meanwhile the socialist of the world set quietly observing, watching and waiting for that right moment in time to expose their ugly face.

History is always the best example of what not to do.

Mariposa,

I respectfully would say that Communism has nothing to do with the goings on in the Caribbean Basin these days; yes, in the 1960s and 1970s very much so, but not today. I don't know if you're aware that as of 1989 or so, Communism has been in terminal health, and dying patients-nations-left in its wake. The hold-outs, Cuba, North Korea are all suffering from the terminal disease, and would likely die outright but for certain funding sources, namely Chavez for Cuba, and China for the North Koreans. And by the way, China is Communist in name only, you either work or die under their "new system." No more "Iron Bowl" and "free medical care." Pay or die.

As for the DR, Leonel is the most competent President DR has had in living memory. Juan Bosch's disciple has done what Bosch should have done but for lack of clearer vision and his misadventures with leftist ideals. Leonel learned the mistakes of going against the powerful interests of the US, and instead has worked

to increase DR's exposure and incorporation within the enormous US led world community of nations. Leonel wants pragmatic results for his nation not some pie in the sky idealistic driven train wreck like Chavez, the Castro brothers and others. In the early 1950s and 1960s, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, were poor and struggling nations and city-states. Today, these nations have reached desirable levels of modernization and social progress undreamed by even their most optimistic supporters, that's what Leonel's program seeks to advance in the DR.