Dominica and Venezuela will proceed with plans to build an oil refinery in the poor island nation despite objections from local environmentalists, a Dominica official said Tuesday.
Reginald Austrie, Minister for Housing, Lands & Telecommunications in Dominica, dismissed claims by the local Waitukubuli Ecological Foundation that the refinery will pollute the lush Caribbean country, which markets itself as the region's "Nature Island."
"We need to find new ways of bringing economic activity and relief to the Dominican people," Austrie said, suggesting the refinery would generate work on the island, which has a fragile economy based on …
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