Dominican Republic town blames U.S. power company for birth defects (Miami Herald)
ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic — Maximiliano Calcaño is 2 and was born with no arms. “When I was pregnant, I was dizzy, vomiting and could barely walk,” said Maximiliano’s mother, Anajai Calcaño, 20. “My tooth cracked and fell out. Then my baby was born like that, without arms. Nothing like that had ever happened here before.”
Dominican Republic Town’s Birth Defects Caused By US Coal Company (The Huffington Post)
A civil lawsuit filed Wednesday in Delaware charges that toxic levels of waste dumped at the Arroyo Barril port has made people nearby sick. After years of repeated miscarriages, women whose blood levels show abnormal levels of arsenic are giving birth to babies with cranial deformities, with organs outside their bodies or missing limbs.
Venezuela to buy nearly half of Dominican oil refinery (Malaysian Mirror)
SANTO DOMINGO – Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant PDVSA has agreed to buy nearly half of the government-owned Dominican Oil Refinery (REFIDOMSA) for 131.5 million dollars, Dominica’s finance minister said. Read more…
Ailing Puerto Rico cuts more public sector jobs (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Puerto Rico’s government eliminated 2,000 civil service jobs on Friday, cutting further into the public payroll as the island suffers its deepest economic slump in decades.
Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto Hits A Hot L.A (The Sweet Science)
Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto Hits A Hot L.A a week before the epic battle.
Dominican Republic intensifies campaign against dengue (People’s Daily)
The Dominican Republic’s Health Ministry announced Thursday to intensify the campaign against the dengue, which has killed 41 people in the country. According to news reaching here from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic’s Health Minister Bautista Rojas said the health program will cover all the towns and cities aided by the neighbors boards. The campaign includes cleaning the inhabited estates …
Endangered Leatherback Turtle Habitat Threatened by Puerto Rico Governor’s Decision (Sierra Club)
San Juan, Puerto Rico — Sierra Club and its coalition partners will challenge Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño’s proposed cancellation of the “nature reserve” designation held since 2008 by the island’s Northeast Ecological Corridor.
MMA Fighters Travel to Dominican (The Breeze)
A JMU senior and a local community college student spent last weekend in the Dominican Republic. Though completely paid for, this trip was far from a typical vacation. The two were combatants in mixed martial arts fights. The pair was Michael Shea Kelly, 22, of JMU and Zac Stikeleather, 19, of Blue Ridge Community College. Mixed [...]
Coal ash from U.S. blamed for Dominican town’s birth defects (McClatchy Washington Bureau)
ARROYO BARRIL, Dominican Republic — Maximiliano Calcano is 2 and was born with no arms.
