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SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic – The Venezuelan government plans to build 2,000 homes for poor families in the Dominican province of Montecristi, on the border with Haiti, Gov. Alejandro Toribio said on Saturday.
Toribio said that the houses will be “equitably” distributed among low-income people in the towns of San Fernando, Villa Vasquez, Castañuelas, Guayubin and Las Matas de Santa Cruz.
The governor said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has already sent a commission to begin construction of the 2,000 houses, which will be prefabricated.
The work will begin at the beginning or middle of next week and that the initiative will allow poor families to have a sturdy roof over their heads and “live in more dignified conditions,” he added.
Toribio said the homes are a sign of the Venezuelan government’s solidarity with the Dominican people and hailed the strong relations between the Andean nation and the Dominican Republic.
Under the leftist Chavez, oil-rich Venezuela has provided crude at preferential prices to Caribbean countries and even free home heating oil to poor Americans.
His critics at home say he should make better use of the country’s oil wealth and pay more attention to the problems in Venezuela, which is suffering from high crime rates and severe electricity shortages.

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