Student protests in Dominican Republic shut down universities
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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Eight injured, several jailed amid charges students were armed
by David Holmes Morris
Tear gas filled the air and classes were suspended at universities in San Francisco de Macorís and Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, during student protests on Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12, primarily over physical conditions at the medical and engineering schools in San Francisco de Macorís, in the northeast of the country. (more…)