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Weekly Report - 18 August 2016 (WR-16-32)
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Medina announces ambitious four-year plan
President Danilo Medina delivered an upbeat state-of-the-nation address on 16 August as he was sworn-in for a second straight four-year term. In an 80-minute address promising “glorious times ahead”, Medina said he would deliver “real and transformative change” to leave behind “the stigma of inequality and underdevelopment”. The main foci of his second term will be job creation; alleviating poverty; combating citizen insecurity; and improving the quality of education.
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