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Zollfreizonen

First, the Multi-Fibre Agreement of international textile quotas expired at the beginning of the year, exposing the industry to the full force of cheaper labour competition from Asian countries such as China.

Second, the industry continued to suffer a long-running secular trend. To maintain the business of US fashion manufacturers,

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Die Person Leonel

Back then, his main claim to fame had been his role as right-hand man to a former Marxist president, Juan Bosch. In the early 1970s he had helped Mr Bosch form the left-wing pro-Cuban Dominican Liberation Party, the principal aim of which was to campaign against US influence in

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Strom nur ein Traum

“We sometimes pay the bill, but then they usually end up charging us for electricity we’ve not used, so then we go on strike,” says Ms Miranda, a scrum of three children lurking round her feet waiting for supper.

At the other end of the social spectrum, in Santo Domingo’s

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