A Mountain of Discord

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Report 12 Sep 2014 by Pavel Isa and Fabricio Gomez

Executive Summary After months of social mobilization, a heated national debate and hectic activity in the legislature, Congress passed a law declaring Miranda Hill a national park. Miranda Hill is a mountain in the central mountain range, and the origin of the country’s most important rivers. The vote was overwhelmingly for, due to an intense campaign led by environmentalists, local Catholic priests, social organizations, academics and political parties aimed at preventing FALCONDO, a subsidiary of Xtrata-Nickel PLC, to mine at the site. But five days later President Danilo Medina vetoed t...

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