John:

You havent seen nothing yet! The last few days it was not just firecrackers they were shooting, but real guns. Everyone who has a gun takes advantage of the holidays to warm up their guns and shoot from roofs, balconies and windows.

As far as Altos de Chavon, Guido Gomez Mazara, the protege of Hipolito Mejia and his Legal Counselor got a rude awakening at the Concert that night. Thinking his popularity was high, he paid the master of ceremony to mention his name during the introductions so he could stand up and salute the crowd and was almost expelled by the boos and jeering from the crowd!!

That just goes to show you his inexperience in politics and that only his luck of being next to Hipolito has placed him in that position. He should know, as I have stated before, that politicians always bring their cheering crowds with them. He went the cheap way and just bought tickets for himself and his wife. He should have brought a whole entourage and spent about $50,000 in tickets to show off at Altos de Chavon. He is still shaking from the embarrassment.

The same thing happened to Peruvian President Toledo at a similar type event and he had to run out of the stadium from the egg shower he got. You will be seeing more of these egg throwing incidents in 2002 in DR.

TW