Ezequiel Abiu Lopez, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this Feb. 22, 2017 photo, demonstrators carry a banner with the Spanish message: "The innocents of Odebrecht" under caricatures of, from left, Dominican Republic's Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas, Dominican Republic's current President Danilo Medina, former Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez, Dominican Republic Senator Felix Bautista, and Brazilian businessman Marcelo Odebrecht, as they protest corruption outside the National Palace in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. One of the most sprawling corruption scandals in modern history had deep roots in the Dominican Republic: The Brazilian company, Odebrecht, behind the operation placed its international bribery bureau in the Caribbean country and shoveled out nearly 100 million in bribes to local officials. (AP Photo/Ezequiel Abiu Lopez)

In Dominican Republic, bribery scandal met with silence

by Ezequiel Abiu Lopez Associated PressMay 17, 2017

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — One of the most sprawling corruption scandals in modern history has deep roots in the Dominican Republic: The Brazilian company behind the operation placed its international “bribery bureau” in this Caribbean…

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In Dominican Republic, bribery scandal met with silence

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