El Prodigio and Cardi B highlight typical merengue on “Saturday Night Live”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n“We recognize El Blachy’s artistic talent, but above all the power of being such a good exponent of the Dominican Republic through his great performance as an artist and for the revitalization that our typical merengue has been able to have through your talent,” Mej\u00eda highlighted.\n\nWhen taking the floor during the recognition, Blas Dar\u00edo Fragoso thanked the mayor and council members for approving a recognition that is so important to him.\n\nThe singer assured that he will continue on the right path so that his parents, wife, and fans feel proud. “For me, it’s a source of pride that you all feel good,” he added.\n\nThe declaration was approved unanimously on January 20th with the support of the President of the Council of Aldermen, Yovany Moya, and motivated by the spokespersons of the different blocs within the chamber.\n\nIn the act were present the deputy Manuel N\u00fa\u00f1ez and the president of the Council of Regidores, Yovany Moya, both of whom promoted this declaration; also councilors Ricardo Cuello Santiago and Francklin Ferreras. In addition, the artist was accompanied by his wife, his parents and some friends and representatives.\n\nRegarding National Youth Day, which was celebrated on January 31st, the Council of Councilors of the Ayuntamiento del Distrito Nacional distinguished 26 young people who have stood out for their contributions in areas such as politics, culture, social communication, economics, sports, and entrepreneurship; impacting the lives of the citizens of the National District.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo, DN \u2013 Carolina Mej\u00eda led the declaration as Distinguished Municipality of the city of Santo Domingo to Blas Dar\u00edo Fragoso \u201cEl Blachy\u201d, recognizing in him a talent that represents thousands of young people born in neighborhoods of the capital. Speaking on behalf of the National District City Council, the municipal executive assured that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-261e","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Entertainment"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}