LatinNews Daily Briefing - 30 August 2011

Significance: Medina received the official certificate accrediting him as the candidate from President Leonel Fernández, whose wife, Margarita Cedeño, had left the primary process to maintain “party unity”. Medina eventually won the primary by a landslide in June. At the time it appeared that Cedeño would be imposed as Medina’s running mate, however, on Sunday Medina announced his vice-presidential candidate would be chosen through “market research”.

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