Vice-presidential candidates
"I will work to put an end to domestic violence"
Sherezada (Chiqui) Vicioso, a sociologist, writer and social activist, decided to share with politics her time as a poet and writer in order to be the running mate on the ballot with Guillermo Moreno for Alianza Pais (Alpais).
Born in Santo Domingo, at her 63 years of age, she recalls how her studies in New York permitted her to know the precarious situation of the Dominican immigrants and their efforts to send remittances. She also recalls "the women who in the 80s assumed the load on their shoulders of the lack of responsibility of the State."
"I swore then that I would dedicate my life to restore these women to their proper place with all my strength and this is what I have done as a professional," she says. If she attains the vice-presidency, she says that she will make sure that each province will have a park dedicated to the Emigrant Woman.
Besides this, she has as a goal the fight against juvenile unemployment, as a way to counter drugs. She also wants to open Infotep schools in all of the provinces and to finance micro-businesses. She stresses that she will support the 4% for education "until it reaches seven or eight percent," and she will fight to eradicate maternal and infant deaths, converting the country into a model of family health.
Professional life
A Bachelors degree in Sociology and Latin American History from the City University of New York. A Masters Degree in Educational Program Design from Columbia University. A former director of Education at Pro Familia. United Nations consultant for women's development. Program Officer for Women at UNICEF. Medal of Merit for Dominican Women. Winner of a Caonabo de Oro.
"We will change the reality of the education sector"
Fauntly Garrido, an economist, educator and president of the New Horizons Group, is accustomed to issuing public statements as one of the leaders of the National Federation of Private Educational Centers. Now he also talks of politics after Eduardo Estrella chose him as his running mate on the ticket of Dominicans for Change (DxC).
"My candidacy has been another demonstration by our party and by Engineer Eduardo Estrella that we believe in the young people and that we are going to do everything that is within our power to change the reality of the national education sector and the national productive sectors," he commented.
At 40 years of age, he recalls that he was brought up with a clear vision of the fundamental social values.
He says that his training as an Economist and Financier allow him to understand "the reasons why we continue to be a country of great problems, social exclusion, and lack of opportunity." From his years as a university and high school teacher, he concludes that Dominicans are capable of "much more than the two parties have tried to sell us."
Looking at the elections on 20 May, he works so that his party will win the elections in order for him to fulfill his campaign promises which include: Transforming the policy of job creation, creating the conditions fo that farming and agro-business are productive and establish the basis for a competitive manufacturing export sector.
At the same time, he wants to enforce the Migration and Social Security laws, transform the health sector and protect the elderly.
His curriculum
Licentiate in Economic Science from INTEC. Masters in Economics and Finance from Leeds University, England. Founding member of ITLA. Advisor to the Ministry of Education. Founder of the National Federation of Private Educational Centers. Former director of the Division of Foreign Trade of Onaplan. Former president of the Dominican Association of Equine Races.
"I will jealously obey and enforce the laws"
Luz Maria Abreu, sociologist and NGO representative, recognizes that she is a member of civil society without political experience or party membership. However her interest in fighting poverty and social injustice were sufficient motivation for her to accept the nomination for the vice-presidency as the running mate with Max Puig on the Alliance for Democracy (APD) ticket.
"I would like to contribute to economic growth.... I would do this by taking into account the need to provide women with equal opportunities. (I would like) to use the ability and experience I have accumulated to encourage farm production," she says.
Born in Jarabacoa 58 years ago, she stresses that she grew up in a family with deeply-rooted Christian values and was educated by Salesian nuns. While she studied, she worked for Carita Dominicana and has been a promoter for development for social organizations and for farming producers. "The Dominican Republic has to get over the apparent or real remnants of the neo-slavery of child labor, of prostitution of minors, of white slavery or the abuse of the labor of the undocumented population," she stresses.
"I am conscious of the importance of tourism, and I hope to be part of its redesign," she adds.
She says that she will work with Puig to reform the structure of the state. "I will jealously comply and enforce the laws and strengthen the means of persecution and punishment of corruption and the gender aggressors as well as take care that the state guarantees citizen rights of access to education and health," she promised.
Resume
Licentiate in Sociology, UASD. Specialist in design and management of projects and in carrying out projects relating to gender. Former representative and national director of Intermon Oxfam and Oxfam International. Advisor and trainer of NGOs in Spain and the Dominican Republic. International speaker.
"I will fulfill the attributions provided by the law"
Fidel Santana, a sociologist and university professor at the UASD, is known for his ties to the Broad Front of Popular Fight (FALPO), a movement that has staged protests and strikes. He defines himself as leftist. In his academic years he was a member of student movements. In the 90s he decided to go with a group to Guatemala and Colombia to prepare himself militarily after the conflicts of that time. In Colombia he fought with the guerillas and he was jailed.
For the elections on 20 May, he wants to be the Vice-President of the Republic as the companion of Julian Serulle of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio).
Santana, 47, recalls that his father was a part of the 14th of June Movement (1J4), and a combatant in the war of April 1965. His mother was a bioanalyst for more than 30 years at the Chan Aquino Clinic. "I grew up in family atmosphere of work, where there was never any excess, but we got along precariously," he recalls.
"My candidacy seems to me to be a compliment to comrade Julian, because I come from a different social stratum. Moreover, my thinking is on the left, and balances the proposals of the Broad Front, which seeks an alliance of the progressive, moderate and leftist sectors," he says.
If he achieves the vice-presidency, he says that he will comply with the attributes provided by the law. "I have a vocation for working in the social areas, by my own professional training and my life experience," he concludes.
Experience
Licentiate in Sociology, UASD. Educator in the schools of Sociology and Social Work at the UASD. Writer, Member of FALPO, former secretary general of FELABEL, Member of the Dominican Popular Movement (MPD), former spokesman for the Alternative Social Forum
Born in Santo Domingo, at her 63 years of age, she recalls how her studies in New York permitted her to know the precarious situation of the Dominican immigrants and their efforts to send remittances. She also recalls "the women who in the 80s assumed the load on their shoulders of the lack of responsibility of the State."
"I swore then that I would dedicate my life to restore these women to their proper place with all my strength and this is what I have done as a professional," she says. If she attains the vice-presidency, she says that she will make sure that each province will have a park dedicated to the Emigrant Woman.
Besides this, she has as a goal the fight against juvenile unemployment, as a way to counter drugs. She also wants to open Infotep schools in all of the provinces and to finance micro-businesses. She stresses that she will support the 4% for education "until it reaches seven or eight percent," and she will fight to eradicate maternal and infant deaths, converting the country into a model of family health.
Professional life
A Bachelors degree in Sociology and Latin American History from the City University of New York. A Masters Degree in Educational Program Design from Columbia University. A former director of Education at Pro Familia. United Nations consultant for women's development. Program Officer for Women at UNICEF. Medal of Merit for Dominican Women. Winner of a Caonabo de Oro.
"We will change the reality of the education sector"
Fauntly Garrido, an economist, educator and president of the New Horizons Group, is accustomed to issuing public statements as one of the leaders of the National Federation of Private Educational Centers. Now he also talks of politics after Eduardo Estrella chose him as his running mate on the ticket of Dominicans for Change (DxC).
"My candidacy has been another demonstration by our party and by Engineer Eduardo Estrella that we believe in the young people and that we are going to do everything that is within our power to change the reality of the national education sector and the national productive sectors," he commented.
At 40 years of age, he recalls that he was brought up with a clear vision of the fundamental social values.
He says that his training as an Economist and Financier allow him to understand "the reasons why we continue to be a country of great problems, social exclusion, and lack of opportunity." From his years as a university and high school teacher, he concludes that Dominicans are capable of "much more than the two parties have tried to sell us."
Looking at the elections on 20 May, he works so that his party will win the elections in order for him to fulfill his campaign promises which include: Transforming the policy of job creation, creating the conditions fo that farming and agro-business are productive and establish the basis for a competitive manufacturing export sector.
At the same time, he wants to enforce the Migration and Social Security laws, transform the health sector and protect the elderly.
His curriculum
Licentiate in Economic Science from INTEC. Masters in Economics and Finance from Leeds University, England. Founding member of ITLA. Advisor to the Ministry of Education. Founder of the National Federation of Private Educational Centers. Former director of the Division of Foreign Trade of Onaplan. Former president of the Dominican Association of Equine Races.
"I will jealously obey and enforce the laws"
Luz Maria Abreu, sociologist and NGO representative, recognizes that she is a member of civil society without political experience or party membership. However her interest in fighting poverty and social injustice were sufficient motivation for her to accept the nomination for the vice-presidency as the running mate with Max Puig on the Alliance for Democracy (APD) ticket.
"I would like to contribute to economic growth.... I would do this by taking into account the need to provide women with equal opportunities. (I would like) to use the ability and experience I have accumulated to encourage farm production," she says.
Born in Jarabacoa 58 years ago, she stresses that she grew up in a family with deeply-rooted Christian values and was educated by Salesian nuns. While she studied, she worked for Carita Dominicana and has been a promoter for development for social organizations and for farming producers. "The Dominican Republic has to get over the apparent or real remnants of the neo-slavery of child labor, of prostitution of minors, of white slavery or the abuse of the labor of the undocumented population," she stresses.
"I am conscious of the importance of tourism, and I hope to be part of its redesign," she adds.
She says that she will work with Puig to reform the structure of the state. "I will jealously comply and enforce the laws and strengthen the means of persecution and punishment of corruption and the gender aggressors as well as take care that the state guarantees citizen rights of access to education and health," she promised.
Resume
Licentiate in Sociology, UASD. Specialist in design and management of projects and in carrying out projects relating to gender. Former representative and national director of Intermon Oxfam and Oxfam International. Advisor and trainer of NGOs in Spain and the Dominican Republic. International speaker.
"I will fulfill the attributions provided by the law"
Fidel Santana, a sociologist and university professor at the UASD, is known for his ties to the Broad Front of Popular Fight (FALPO), a movement that has staged protests and strikes. He defines himself as leftist. In his academic years he was a member of student movements. In the 90s he decided to go with a group to Guatemala and Colombia to prepare himself militarily after the conflicts of that time. In Colombia he fought with the guerillas and he was jailed.
For the elections on 20 May, he wants to be the Vice-President of the Republic as the companion of Julian Serulle of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio).
Santana, 47, recalls that his father was a part of the 14th of June Movement (1J4), and a combatant in the war of April 1965. His mother was a bioanalyst for more than 30 years at the Chan Aquino Clinic. "I grew up in family atmosphere of work, where there was never any excess, but we got along precariously," he recalls.
"My candidacy seems to me to be a compliment to comrade Julian, because I come from a different social stratum. Moreover, my thinking is on the left, and balances the proposals of the Broad Front, which seeks an alliance of the progressive, moderate and leftist sectors," he says.
If he achieves the vice-presidency, he says that he will comply with the attributes provided by the law. "I have a vocation for working in the social areas, by my own professional training and my life experience," he concludes.
Experience
Licentiate in Sociology, UASD. Educator in the schools of Sociology and Social Work at the UASD. Writer, Member of FALPO, former secretary general of FELABEL, Member of the Dominican Popular Movement (MPD), former spokesman for the Alternative Social Forum