Santo Domingo
Opposition candidate Luis Abinader has claimed victory in the Dominican Republic’s presidential race after voters on Sunday braved a worsening coronavirus outbreak to cast their ballots for a new leader and legislature.
Abinader’s rivals and the outgoing president also recognized his win, which ends 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation’s center-left Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). ‘We won, today we win, but we will never forget who we owe this victory to,’ the 52-year-old businessman said from a platform before dozens of followers at his campaign headquarters in the capital Santo Domingo. ‘We owe it to you, the Dominican people. —APP
