DOMINICAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 006168

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV OFDP ETRD DR
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS
TO THE U.S., HOLY SEE



1. (U) President Mejia signed several executive orders on
October 30, appointing new diplomats to various posts.
Changes in Dominican posts in the U.S. are as follows:

a. Virginia Esposito is the new Deputy Chief of Mission at
the Dominican Embassy, replacing Luis Alvarez Rivera
(resigned);

b. William Soto Media is the new consul general in the
Dominican consulate in Chicago, replacing Danilo Gonzalez
Borrel;

c. General Luis Mariano Rodriguez Martinez is the new
Defense Attach for the Dominican Mission to the United
Nations in New York.

Note: Alvarez Rivera is the son of Luis Alvarez Renta, a
Dominican-American businessman who is under investigation in
the Banco Intercontinental scandal. End Note.


2. Mejia also named Carlos Conrado Marion Landais as the
Dominican Republic's new ambassador to the Vatican and
Rolando Galvan Espino as the Undersecretary of State for
Foreign Affairs for Economic and Trade Negotiation issues.
HERTELL