{"id":506545,"date":"2026-05-03T18:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/gonzalo-is-back-after-six-years-away-from-public-activity\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T22:11:44","slug":"gonzalo-is-back-after-six-years-away-from-public-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/gonzalo-is-back-after-six-years-away-from-public-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGonzalo is Back\u201d after six years away from public activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2013 The <strong>former<\/strong> presidential <strong>candidate<\/strong> of the <strong>Dominican Liberation Party<\/strong> (PLD), <strong>Gonzalo Castillo<\/strong>, resumed his political activities after being away from the public scene for several years due to the legal process he faces for the <strong>Calamar Operation<\/strong> case.\n\nThe reappearance of the former Minister of Public Works occurred during party activities and meetings with PLD leaders, marking his return to political life after almost six years of a low profile.\n\nCastillo, who was the PLD's presidential candidate in the 2020 elections, had maintained a limited public presence since he was arrested in March 2023 and subsequently sent to house arrest for his connection to the administrative corruption case known as Operation Calamar.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/abinader-anuncia-apoyo\/\">Abinader announces support for producers affected by rains in the Northwest Line<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nFollowing the lifting of the coercive measure that kept him under house arrest, although still retaining a travel ban and financial guarantee, the PLD leader began to reintegrate into political activities of his organization.\n\nIn recent meetings, Castillo has shared with PLD leaders and members of the Political Committee, including former President Danilo Medina, reaffirming his support for the structures and candidacies of the purple party.\n\nThe former official was one of the main figures of the ruling party during the 2020 presidential elections, in which he faced current President Luis Abinader.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5008448a-d161-4694-b0a1-5e0c13ae6127-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650102\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The former presidential candidate of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gonzalo Castillo, resumed his political activities after being away from the public scene for several years due to the legal process he faces for the Calamar Operation case. The reappearance of the former Minister of Public Works occurred during party activities and meetings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-506545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506545","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\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}