Honoring the Memory of a Slain Dominican Journalist

Far from the din of today’s St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebrations, there is also “A Flower for Orlando.”

The annual gatherings – held here in NYC and elsewhere – celebrate the courageous journalism of Luis Orlando Martinez Howley, a Dominican reporter murdered in his native country March 17, 1975. From a brief report by Dominican Today:

Martinez had published numerous articles questioning widespread corruption in the administration of the late Joaquin Balaguer, in his column for newspaper El Nacional.

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