The network of Italian chambers of Commerce in Central and South America and the Caribbean together with the directors of the Association of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad met to study investment possibilities in the country, primarily in the industrial free zones. The company will now be placing an additional 75,000 tons of refined sugar on the local market, filling the gap left by the state sugar refinery which has ceased to operate. He said that his office is undergoing a restructuring and reorganization to guarantee the clean, honest, and transparent employment of the European Union resources. He said that the European Union has placed much interest in promoting joint projects between the Dominican Republic and Haiti and has instructed its representative, Carlos Manai, to support bi-national schemes. One of the most important is the Las Dos Bocas dam on the Rio Artibonito which will generate electricity for this country and simultaneously supply potable water for Haiti.
Coffee continues to be the country's second largest cash crop.
He said that businessmen are concerned of the governableness of the nation after the swearing in of the new president, and when it becomes clear that the expectations raised during the campaign are beyond reality. Fight against poverty, justice, stable electricity supply, modernization of the state, improvement of education, health, housing for the poor, social security for all employed, protection of the ecology, and a strengthening of democracy. He said that the business community supports the Junta Central Electoral and that any claim by the losers should be taken to that body. He warned that no candidate should claim victory until the Junta announces the winner. All rights reserved.