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Venezuela to Build 2,000 Homes in the
Dominican Republic
SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic – The
Venezuelan government plans to build 2,000
homes for poor families in the Dominican
province of Montecristi, on the border with
Haiti, Gov. Alejandro Toribio said on
Saturday.
Toribio said that the houses will be
“equitably” distributed among low-income
people in the towns of San Fernando, Villa
Vasquez, Castañuelas, Guayubin and Las Matas
de Santa Cruz.
The governor said Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez has already sent a commission to
begin construction of the 2,000 houses,
which will be prefabricated.
The work will begin at the beginning or
middle of next week and that the initiative
will allow poor families to have a sturdy
roof over their heads and “live in more
dignified conditions,” he added.
Toribio said the homes are a sign of the
Venezuelan government’s solidarity with the
Dominican people and hailed the strong
relations between the Andean nation and the
Dominican Republic.
Under the leftist Chavez, oil-rich Venezuela
has provided crude at preferential prices to
Caribbean countries and even free home
heating oil to poor Americans.
His critics at home say he should make
better use of the country’s oil wealth and
pay more attention to the problems in
Venezuela, which is suffering from high
crime rates and severe electricity
shortages.
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