Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle is a

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, station on Line 1. It was open on 22 January 2009 as part of the inaugural section of Line 1 between

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and Centro de los Héroes. The station is between

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and

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. This is an underground station, built below

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. It is named to honor

Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle Manuel Arturo Peña Batlle (26 February 1902 – 15 April 1954) was a Dominican Republic lawyer, historian, diplomat, and politician who served as a Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic between 1943 and 1946 and shaped its relation with Haiti ...

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