Fernandez: 2000-2004 was a missed opportunity

President Leonel Fernandez said in this city that Dominican Republic lived a political experience, a missed opportunity in the period 2000-2004, when the world and Latin America were economically well.

In this regard, the head of State appealed to the wisdom and common sense shown historically by the Dominican people to not return to repeat this experience which he described as traumatic. "When the world was doing well economically, when Latin America was well economically, in Dominican Republic we were going very badly", responded President Fernandez to a question from the audience in the Externado University, which gave a keynote lecture.

Asked a student of the public about how will be the country's performance in the next four years, the head of State replied: "that a country can move more or less depends on the quality of leadership." Therefore, the future will depend on u000a"of the electoral process in the next year".

Fernandez warned that "If the world today day is wrong and we repeat what we went wrong, then go us worse".

Insisted on calling the wisdom and common sense of the Dominicans for next year, do not go back to repeat the experience of a mishandling of the economy.

"In addition I have a bet there, because in the formula which I support, the first lady, my wife, as a vice presidential candidate." "Is, I have a up family interest", said the ruling Dominican.

The representative made the comparison when assumed the Government in 2004 that the gross domestic product was US$ 20 billion and now stands at US$ 56 billion, tripling in their efforts.

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Representative ASISTE A opening of Forum
Fernandez last night attended the inauguration of the International Latin Arab - American Forum, organized by the Global Foundation in this city u000aDemocracia y Desarrollo (Funglode) and two Colombian universities, with the goal of building a partnership for economic, cultural and institutional development between the two regions. The representative said that this forum is the beginning of a revolution in the field of Exchange in various areas between the Arab world and Latin America. He stressed that the Nations of both regions represent billion inhabitants of the world's population and 55 Nations in the UN

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