Luis Álvarez Renta appointment as part of his retirement, in order to effect positive change for the country by helping it negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union. However, after Governor José Lois Malkún of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic’s announcement that Álvarez Renta was involved in the Baninter debacle, Álvarez Renta resigned the post in order to avoid a dispute between President Mejia and his advisors. In response to the announcement, Álvarez Renta took out full-page advertisements in the press, in which he declared he was innocent of all the charges made by the Central Bank. He also
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas two. De La Hoya expressed interest in the bout, provided that Vargas take a pre-fight drug test to prove he was clean. However, De La Hoya opted to challenge WBC super welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga instead (a fight in which De La Hoya prevailed). Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas, billed as "Bad Blood", was a professional boxing match contested on September 14, 2002, for De La Hoya's WBC and lineal super welterweight (light–middleweight) championships, Vargas' WBA super welterweight championship, and the vacant "The Ring" light–middleweight championship. The long-awaited De La Hoya–Vargas