Video and Pictures: A Look IntoThe Border Crossing Between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
June 23, 2015
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I’ve been following the news and pictures from the VICENews reporters in Haiti and here are a few pictures taken on Fridat the 19th of the border crossing in Haiti and the Dominican republic.
Scattered along the border between Haiti and Dominican Republic are a series of border crossings that offer a free trade zone to the population of the two countries on the island of Hispaniola. Twice a week, the gates open to a common market area where goods are traded and sold. One of these is Dajabon, the largest border crossing and the site of the seldom-remembered 1937 genocide of 20,000 Haitians by Dominican forces.
It is also a common passage for Haitian migrants crossing over into Dominican Republic to work in the sugarcane fields, or to find a better way of life in the cities of Santiago, Puerto Plata, and Santo Domingo. But on Friday, June 19, two days after the deadline for Haitian migrants and some Dominican-Haitians to apply for residency in the Dominican Republic under a new naturalization law, many were crossing back the other way, toward Haiti, with their entire lives strapped to small pickup trucks.
From February 17 to 19, 48 Haitians competed in the three-day International Rally Frontera organized by the Dominican army. The 16th Rally Frontera 4x4 is the main Dominican off-road competition which include a tour that takes participants through the Dominican border with Haiti. The competition started in Hondo Valle, passing…
Although I understand laws are laws and they have to be sent back, a part of me ache to think all these people are just trying to escape poverty and create better futures for themselves. buy furosemide online http://edlaboratories.com/tour/edl-retino/html/furosemide.html no prescription pharmacy According to HaitiLibre: From January to December 2011,…
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have detained a colonel and nine police officers accused of stealing weapons and ammunition from a police armory and selling them illegally, including to individuals linked to criminal activities in Haiti. The arrests, announced earlier this week, are part of a broader crackdown aimed at…
I’ve been following the news and pictures from the VICENews reporters in Haiti and here are a few pictures taken on Fridat the 19th of the border crossing in Haiti and the Dominican republic.
