Vin Diesel endorses Dominican president
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - April 30, 2008 Diesel appears in a Dominican campaign commercial urging a vote
for his friend, President Leonel Fernandez. The endorsement first
aired Wednesday on local TV stations and is paired with movie clips
that show Diesel running, driving and surviving a bomb explosion.
The 40-year-old actor says he visits the Dominican Republic
about once a year and owns a home on the country's eastern coast.
About 5.7 million of the Dominican Republic's 9 million people
are registered to vote in the May 16 general elections. Fernandez
is running against construction magnate Miguel Vargas Maldonado.
