Latinnews Daily - 24 May 2004
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Mejía backs environmental bill
President Hipólito Mejía has vowed to sign into law a highly controversial environmental bill that will pave the way for the construction of hotels and mining developments on national-park lands. President-elect Leonel Fernández has added his voice to environmental groups and ambassadors from the US, the European Union and Canada in urging the president not to ratify the law.
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