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Local February 19, 2014 | 4:29 pm

The “powerful” won’t take over Dominican Republic’s rivers, official warns

Santo Domingo.- Environment Minister Bautista Rojas on Wednesday warned he’ll not allow "powerful" people to take over the rivers, and cause major harm to the water used to produce food and for human consumption.

He called the depletion of aquifers by illegally extracting aggregates a historically bad practice across the country. "The environmental authority will confront... Read more