{"id":484657,"date":"2025-09-27T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/vice-president-pena-thanks-us-state-department-for-recognizing-fight-against-corruption-in-dr\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T18:54:05","slug":"vice-president-pena-thanks-us-state-department-for-recognizing-fight-against-corruption-in-dr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/vice-president-pena-thanks-us-state-department-for-recognizing-fight-against-corruption-in-dr\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Pe\u00f1a thanks US State Department for recognizing fight against corruption in DR"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong> \u2013 The Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Raquel Pe\u00f1a, thanked the recognition of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Department of State<\/a><\/strong> for the country&#8217;s progress in the <strong>fight against corruption and criminal sanctions against corrupt officials<\/strong>.\n\nThrough his X account, Pe\u00f1a expressed: We thank the State Department for recognizing that the Dominican Republic is advancing with a positive investment climate, with a legal framework that combats corruption and imposes criminal sanctions on corrupt officials.\n\nAccording to the document <strong>\u201c2025 Investment Climate Statements: Dominican Republic,\u201d<\/strong> published by the U.S. Department of State, the country has a legal framework that includes laws and regulations to combat corruption and criminal penalties for corrupt officials.\n\n\n<p>This pronouncement adds to the statements of the Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires of the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, Patricia Aguilera, who had pointed out that the administration of <strong>President Luis Abinader<\/strong> has also promoted a <strong>reliable investment climate<\/strong> that attracts foreign capital and generates thousands of jobs for Dominicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe Abinader administration fosters a reliable investment climate that attracts foreign capital. Thanks to this, American companies are the main source of FDI in the country, generating thousands of jobs and strengthening the economic ties between the United States and the Dominican Republic,\u201d Aguilera had indicated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/gobierno-de-ee-uu-lucha-corrupcion\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/gobierno-de-ee-uu-lucha-corrupcion\/\"> U.S. Government recognizes President Abinader&#8217;s efforts in the fight against corruption<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe United States continues to be the main trading partner of the Dominican Republic, with significant investments in strategic sectors such as tourism, manufacturing, free zones, energy, and telecommunications.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Raquel Pe\u00f1a, thanked the recognition of the United States Department of State for the country&#8217;s progress in the fight against corruption and criminal sanctions against corrupt officials. Through his X account, Pe\u00f1a expressed: We thank the State Department for recognizing that the Dominican Republic is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":484658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[42441,1830,40230],"class_list":{"0":"post-484657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dominican-news","8":"tag-fight-against-corruption","9":"tag-raquel-pena","10":"tag-united-states"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Copia-de-Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-11.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2253","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Copia-de-Post-de-Instagram-Feliz-Cumpleanos-Sencillo-Minimalista-Azul-1000-x-500-px-11.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}