Castillo Terrero made considerable addendums that increased the final cost of the work to favor the construction company in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. In June 2019, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed, through the Época magazine in Brazil, that Odebrecht paid US$39 million in bribes to the Castillo Terrero, as well as to the vice president of the Dominican Corporation of State Electrical Companies (CDEEE), Rubén Bichara, for the construction of the Punta Catalina Thermoelectric Plant. On 7 August 2019, the Somos Pueblo movement released an 80-page book called "Gonzalazo" that contains information about acts of corruption by Castillo Terrero, and clarified that he would go to the Attorney General's Office to request the investigation into his relationship with shady dealings with Odebrecht and the association of its companies with the Dominican government. References External links Ministry of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo is held in Public Works. El Caribe. 17 August 2012. |- Living people 1960 births Dominican Liberation Party politicians Government ministers of the Dominican Republic Public works ministers People from Barahona Province Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent White Dominicans