{"id":2445,"date":"2022-06-07T13:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/en\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2022-06-07T13:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T13:34:56","slug":"rip-orlando-jorge-mera-environment-minister-of-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/rip-orlando-jorge-mera-environment-minister-of-the-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Orlando Jorge Mera, Environment Minister of the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/06\/1654553229561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/06\/1654553229561.jpg 750w, https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/06\/1654553229561-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/06\/1654553229561-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/06\/1654553229561-696x690.jpg 696w, https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2022\/06\/1654553229561-423x420.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption>Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Condolences to&nbsp;the<strong> Dominican Republic<\/strong>&nbsp;for Environment Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAABlVus0BaqrtWmf5-iovMDlt23ytCH0xJz0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orlando Jorge Mera<\/a>, who died championing&nbsp;<strong>#ClimateAction<\/strong>. His passing came when Orlando was leading fight against those destroying our natural resources, including people close to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He chose values over friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/K8p11t\">Geovanny Vicente-Romero<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Condolences across platforms: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeovannyVicentR\/status\/1533936306656526349\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeovannyVicentR\/status\/1533936306656526349 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Condolences to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DominicanRepublic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DominicanRepublic<\/a> for Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera, who died championing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateAction?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateAction<\/a>. His passing came when <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/orlandojm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@orlandojm<\/a> was leading fight against those destroying our natural resources, including people close to him. <br><br>He chose values over friendship. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Z4alphD4H\">https:\/\/t.co\/8Z4alphD4H<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pLyU4TNW5B\">pic.twitter.com\/pLyU4TNW5B<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GVR | Geovanny Vicente-Romero (@GeovannyVicentR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeovannyVicentR\/status\/1533936306656526349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linkedin: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6939702375662178304\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6939702375662178304\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=452403746695977&amp;set=a.178626994073655\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=452403746695977&amp;set=a.178626994073655<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeeONpRrb3k\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeeONpRrb3k\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-61712872\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>: <strong>The Dominican Republic&#8217;s minister of environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close personal friend, officials say.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orlando Jorge Mera, 55, was holding a meeting at the time of the attack. At least six shots were heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A presidential spokesman identified the assailant as Miguel Cruz, describing him as a childhood friend of the minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is now in custody. The motive for the shooting remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Mr Jorge Mera&#8217;s family said he had been shot multiple times by a man he was friends with since childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00abOur family forgives the person who did this. One of Orlando&#8217;s greatest legacies was to not hold grudges,\u00bb they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a tweet, President Luis Abinader expressed his sincere condolences to Mr Jorge Mera&#8217;s family and said that he deeply regretted the death of his good friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Lamento profundamente el fallecimiento de mi buen amigo, nuestro ministro, Orlando Jorge Mera. Mis m\u00e1s sinceras condolencias a su esposa Patricia y a sus hijos Orlando y Patricia Victoria.<br><br>Descansa en paz, querido amigo.<\/p>&mdash; Luis Abinader (@luisabinader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luisabinader\/status\/1533893818927525888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>#OrlandoJorgeMera<\/strong> <strong>#DominicanRepublic<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Condolences to&nbsp;the Dominican Republic&nbsp;for Environment Minister&nbsp;Orlando Jorge Mera, who died championing&nbsp;#ClimateAction. His passing came when Orlando was leading fight against those destroying our natural resources, including people close to him. He chose values over friendship. &#8211; Geovanny Vicente-Romero Condolences across platforms: Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeovannyVicentR\/status\/1533936306656526349 Linkedin: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6939702375662178304\/ Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=452403746695977&amp;set=a.178626994073655 Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CeeONpRrb3k\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; BBC: The Dominican Republic&#8217;s minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":2447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[629,622,632,196,214,293,625,131,554,581,582,96,75,630,621,556,555,631,177,82,310,623,178,620,627,535,626,624,534,628],"class_list":["post-2445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mas-recientes","tag-aeromundo","tag-asesinato","tag-color-vision","tag-columna-politica-del-ano","tag-columnistas-latinoamericanos","tag-domincan-republic","tag-dominican-politicians","tag-dominican-republic","tag-dominican-writers","tag-escritores-dominicanos","tag-escritores-latinoamericanos","tag-estados-unidos","tag-geovanny-vicente-romero","tag-guillermo-gomez","tag-jorge-mera","tag-latin-american-columnists","tag-latin-american-writers","tag-lideres","tag-lideres-de-opinion","tag-luis-abinader","tag-medio-ambiente","tag-ministerio-de-medio-ambiente-y-recursos-naturales","tag-opinion-leadership","tag-orlando-jorge-mera","tag-orlando-salvador-jorge-villegas","tag-partido-revolucionario-moderno","tag-patricia-selma-villegas-garcia","tag-politicos-dominicanos","tag-prm","tag-raquel-arbaje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2445"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions\/2458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geovannyvicente.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}