This is great!

to which Venezuela president Hugo Chavez will be invited, said Foreign Relations minister Carlos Morales.If he is still President and has not been executed

why would Chavez presence be of such importance except to his admirers like Josean and the Samana Simpleton

Banistan's record on predicting excution:

Fidel's in '59'60'61'62'63'64'65'66'67'68'69'70'71'72'73'74'75'76'77'78'79'80'81'82'83'84'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09

He also predicted the EDSEL would be a great seller for Ford and Sarah “Failin” would vice president!

Oh, LIE-onel Fernandez you think you could get to making at least our schools safe before April:

Public buildings at risk

Structural engineers and seismologists are warning that 1,500 government buildings nationwide are at risk of collapse or serious damage in a major earthquake. As reported in El Dia, members of the Dominican Society of Seismology and Seismic Engineering (Sodosismica) warned that the DR could be affected by a disaster worse than Haiti if a fixed program to review and improve the structures is not undertaken. They said that many of these structures were built prior to the existence of the current engineering codes that if implemented correctly would prevent the damage.
Leonardo Reyes Madera, Rafael Corominas Pepin, Juan Alberto Chalas and Hector O'Reilly met at the Corripio luncheon meeting to discuss the DR's situation and lessons to be learned from the earthquake in Haiti.

Continued:

Corominas Pepin said that one of the problems is that seismic plans are not required from the builders for the construction of buildings under 4 floors in height. He said this is absurd when most public hospitals and schools are under 4 floors high.
They made the point that Minister of Education Melanio Paredes said that 101 schools had suffered damage in the 13 January quake in Haiti, which Corominas said was a matter for major concern. In the September 2003 earthquake, a public school collapsed in Puerto Plata. There were no injuries because the earthquake occurred early in the morning. Corominas says that the schools must be strengthened immediately.
Engineer O'Reilly says that the DR has had regulations in place since 1979 that reinforce construction, but the problem is that it is up to the engineers and builders to keep to the regulations and not cut costs.

Continued:

Rafael Corominas Pepin, who chaired the 2003 Commission during the Mejia government that analyzed the DR after the 2003 earthquake and made recommendations, said that this report and recommendations had been filed away.
Corominas Pepin is insisting on the need to reinforce these constructions. He worked in the National Office for Seismic Evaluation and Vulnerability of Infrastructure and Edifices that opened in 2001 to evaluate government buildings and reinforce them. Studies carried out point to the 1,500 vulnerable structures. "The problem with the plan is that it is neither applauded nor does it produce votes," said Corominas. He said there were also conflicts of interest with the engineers who carry out the constructions.
As reported in Hoy, he said that his replacement, architect Angel Ramirez, had told him, "I am not here to talk about earthquakes or anything like that. I am here to get a pick-up, a chauffeur, gasoline and a good salary because I want to be a deputy."

con

The seismologists said that the island of Hispaniola has been affected by earthquakes in 1562, 1701, 1760, 1770, 1842, 1860, 1904 and 1946, evidence that these phenomena are cyclical. The most vulnerable cities are Moca, San Francisco de Macoris, Salcedo, Tenares, Santiago, La Vega and Montecristi. The seismologists said that Santiago must not grow to the north, which is its most vulnerable section.
Reyes Madera said that Sodosismica has delivered a new ruling to the Ministry of Public Works for constructions to replace those of 1979. This would eliminate the construction of buildings with a parking area on the first floor. He said this building method can survive an earthquake if implemented correctly, saying that this was not unusual in Japan, where earthquakes are frequent. He said the new ruling establishes the areas where buildings higher than four floors can be built.

Hugo Chavez? Hugo Chavez? Why would anyone think that his presence would mean anything.

And with the corrupt building inspectors that we have here, in reality there is no building code. A strong quake will do here what it did to Haiti.

besides all of this a professor of new york is sugesting to make DR and haiti , only one country, to solve all haitians problems, but he is crazy, why he doesnt suggest united states take them all into it, they have plenty of lands where to receive them! this guy is making all dominican to hate him!

poor cement, some even with damaged blocks, and no steel =sounds like Santo Domingo a 6.5 will destroy 75% of SD and do not mention the Metro w/o surveys soil tests or plans. By the way where are the pre plans and the Reporter. Fernapuffta you suck!

" Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, stated Thursday that exchanges between his country and the United States have been carried out for a possible cooperation in the humanitarian operations in Haiti," PL reports.

The "possible cooperation" between Cuban workers and US bourgeoisie is mostly in health care since Cuba is the source of the largest amount of medical aid to Haiti. The DR's aid is more diversified ... housing (tents), food, health care, transportation, energy, etc. Cuba can use large shipments of medical supplies and USA can use massive deployment of highly educated medical personnel.

"The Cuban Foreign Minister clarified, however, that cooperation has been agreed on with Washington in relation to the Cuban air space for humanitarian operations in help of the Haitian people and around 60 flights were already made under those conditions." PL reports.

This seems to refer to US flights to the US concentration camp in Cuba and Cuban flights to Haiti.

(1) The Cuban lingo is rather precise, for in the first above-quoted PL paragraph, PL says discussions have been "carried out" for possible cooperation. This is less final than it sounds.

(2) But in the second quoted PL paragraph, PL says cooperation has been "agreed on."

We sense a big difference between "carried out" and "agreed on."

Thousands of Haitian lives depend on whether what was done in (2) can also be done in (1).

Based on today's dispatch, it seems both sides are interested in some kind of and some degree of cooperation in regard to (1).

If the supplies were available, Cuba could probably increase the number of Cuban and Cuban-educated doctors in Haiti from the current 1000 physicians to about 5000 doctors.

No other country is either able or willing to do this.

If you disagee, then name another country that can do it.

Please Bubba we have enough Havana cab drivers .......send some to your psychiatric hospitals in Cuba with blankets and to fix the windows so people dont freeze to death

check this out trujillo's crew....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efXzZBJuS3s

jose n ann ,
sabes la definicion de tranquilidad ?
Es un estado de paz y armonia

you are always fighting with someone.
How do you feel when they call you :agitator;instigator,fanatic, eratic, psycho ?

As long as they don't call me, un LAMBON, BOTELLOSO o LIE-ONELITA its all good!

"How do you feel when they call you :agitator;instigator,fanatic, eratic, psycho ?" etiennc01 asks somebody.

oooo

Agitated

... because the relationship between me and the revolutionary working class movement and between me and anti-imperialist movement and between me and many revolutionary artists is one of serenity, friendship, and united and constructive effort.

I understand the world is dialectical. So, class struggle and class unity co-exist on the mass and the individual level. Thus, struggle and the unity reside in the individual, too. Some observers see only the struggle, not the unity. Others see only the unity, not the struggle. Reality is struggle and unity.

Capitalism is bankrupt, crumbling and rotten. Thus, the bourgeois individual is bankrupt, crumbling, and rotten. This rotten thing ... that is, the bourgeois individual ... denounces as "psycho" others who are not decomposing, principally because this thing wallows and delights in its decadence.

when it gets to kinky for Nero ....I am just getting warmed up Bubba

"How do you feel when they call you :agitator;instigator,fanatic, eratic, psycho ?" etiennc01 asks somebody.

"As long as they don't call me, un LAMBON, BOTELLOSO o LIE-ONELITA its all good!" Josean replies.

oooo

I believe Josean reply is dialectical because it isn't what they call you, it's what they don't call you that counts. My reply dealt with internalities, this one with externalities, mine with the hole, this one with the donut.


"

the revolutionary working class movement will be ground under the wheels of our gilded carriages as we ride by with the blinds pulled Bubba

"when it gets to kinky for Nero ....I am just getting warmed up Bubba" the notorious GC brags.

oooo

GC, have you ever heard of Emily Post or Amy Vanderbilt?

You and Nero may find these two ladies enlightening.

"the revolutionary working class movement will be ground under the wheels of our gilded carriages as we ride by with the blinds pulled Bubba" GC plays prophet.

oooo

GC, you erred when you said "ride."

I've only seen you pull those gilded carriages.

no those were the cannons of war against international slavery and communism Bubba

The METRO should be CLOSED IMMEDIATELY until objective international experts certify its ability to resist an earthquake!

LIE-onel Fernandez, not to do this is height of irresponsibility!


Necesidad.

La construcción de grandes torres, como es el caso de las que se desarrollan en Santo Domingo, requiere de estudios geológicos para medir su restencia sísmica.

Servicio geológico es de vital importancia

http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=129675

josean please enough of your obsession with the Metro ......there are bigger fish to fry ....Now stop it

Believe me, Banistan, the METRO is the best frying pan to use!

interesting information and so right

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1956971,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

no matter what you haters think HUGO CHAVEZ is a real man, he does not let other people tell him how to run his country.....viva CHAVEZ Y CHE

416cono You ice farmer that NDP rubbish is not going to fly anymore .....go shovel your driveway ....my Uncle is gonna boot nutty hugos @ss just like he did your beloved che ....Go Leafs

"my Uncle"

Like in Uncle OBAMA?

Ice farmer.... wow that means alot coming from an american jackass ..have you ever hear the expression lets just agree and disagree..and ice farmer how original...i bet american schooling helped you think of that yourself ...why didnt you try eskimo, or igloo maker?????..viva canada..and i dont support NDP so calma pendejo

obama hmm?? how many promises has he kept yet??...us ice farmers still waiting to hear...

the only distinguishing characteristic of a Canadian is that he has No distinguishing characteristics ....You are an unarmed American with a healthplan ....

Homer Simpson even calls you America Junior .....You all come to America to make it and then..............Never return ..........Really great football..... still have two teams with the same name playing against each other ?Rough Riders named after a condom