Our pages reflect the history of the Green Book. Endorsed by the signatures of those who have placed their rubric on their pages, it shows the concern of a group of Dominicans both on the island and in different cities of the United States in the way businesses are being conducted in their country.
The story revolves around the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht that has contracted with jobs into the millions in Latin America, including the Dominican Republic, where it is carrying out 17 construction works such as expansion of roads, installation of aqueducts and the electric coal plant of Punta Catalina in the Caribbean country.
According to Alfred Potter, who together with Juan Tomás Vásquez and Luis Pichardo are responsible for collecting the signatures in the Green Book in Lawrence and areas like Lynn and Boston in Massachusetts, the signing of the Green Book is supported and coordinated by Somos Pueblo, a social non-political group in the Dominican Republic. In addition to Massachusetts, the group has members in Florida, Texas and according to Potter; in New York several books have been filled out.
The complaint of Somos Pueblo, according to Potter, is not because of the quality of the work done, but because of the way in which they obtained the contracts, overestimating the cost of the works to pay 788 million dollars in bribes in 12 countries of the region where they are working.
One of the objectives of Somos Pueblo is that next February 27, when the Dominican independence is being celebrated, in its annual report, the president of the republic, Danilo Medina, gives a clear and blunt answer on the implications of the case in the country.
We join the desire of Somos Pueblo and the Dominicans in general, and for the good of their country.
