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Anti-Haitian Wall: Dominican President's Reelection Trump Card

A prison-like watchtower casts a pall over an otherwise idyllic tropical beach in the Dominican Republic's extreme southwest.

International Business Times · May 18, 2024

Dominican Republic Elections Defined By Crackdown On Migrants

Dominican Republic elections focus on migration policies amid Haiti violence. President Abinader leads with tough stance. Concerns over crime and corruptio...

Dominican Republic To Vote In Poll Dominated By Haiti Crisis

Dominican President Luis Abinader is poised for a comfortable re-election on Sunday, analysts say, buoyed by support for his tough stance on migration from troubled neighboring Haiti.

International Business Times · May 17, 2024

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Haiti On Brink Of Civil War, Dominican Republic Warns

Haiti is on the verge of civil war, and if the international community does not intervene quickly, the Dominican Republic will seek to protect itself, its president warned at the United Nations Tuesday.

International Business Times · Feb 13, 2024

Tensions between Dominican Republic and Haiti flare after a brief armed standoff at the border

The Dominican Republic is accusing Haiti of multiple border violations in the latest dispute involving their shared frontier on the island of Hispaniola

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal

Haiti has declined to join neighboring Dominican Republic in reopening a key border crossing for trade

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti. But a diplomatic crisis persists

The Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

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Haiti's government to oversee canal project that prompted Dominican Republic to close all borders

Haiti’s government is doubling down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that prompted the neighboring Dominican Republic last week to shutter land, air and sea borders that both countries share

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Dominican Republic's president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti

The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river that runs through both countries

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2023

Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise on island both countries share

The Dominican Republic has shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil, as armed Dominican soldiers patrol entry points and military planes roar overhead

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Dominican Republic to close all borders despite push to resolve diplomatic crisis

The president of the Dominican Republic says he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday despite a flurry of last-minute meetings to prevent him from taking such action

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute

Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border with its neighbor

The president of the Dominican Republic says he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he is threatening to shut down land, air and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their latest dispute

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

American boy, 9, shot dead in botched robbery during family vacation to Dominican Republic

Five men have been arrested in connection with the shooting

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

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The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2023

Politician gets house arrest in Dominican corruption case

A judge in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday ordered an ex-presidential candidate held under house arrest and two former high-ranking officials jailed while awaiting trial in a record $347 million embezzlement case

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

Dominican police arrest 19 in high-profile corruption case

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested 19 people in a sweeping corruption case that accuses a well-known former presidential candidate and three former officials of embezzling nearly $350 million and illegal campaign financing

France 24 · Nov 23, 2022

Haitians deported from Dominican Republic in 'cage-like' trucks

Authorities in the Dominican Republic deported 15,000 Haitians in October 2022 alone, despite the call of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to halt these forced removals because of the precarious health and security situation in Haiti. One group in Haiti that provides help to deportees says that Dominican…

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Dominican Republic cracks down at border amid Haiti chaos

Haiti is rapidly spiralling into chaos and the neighboring Dominican Republic has responded with crackdowns on migrants and a military buildup the government claims will “guarantee border security.”

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Miami Herald · Sep 23, 2022

Editorial: Biden acknowledged chaotic Haiti at the United Nations, but he still fell short

President Joe Biden’s sympathetic mention of the crisis in Haiti at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday was unexpected, and welcome. But the question that Haitians and those who love Haiti are asking after painfully watching the country’s descent into anarchy is, “Now what?”

Miami Herald · Sep 21, 2022

Canada’s prime minister to host Haiti discussion as UN General Assembly gets under way

As the United Nations General Assembly gets under way in New York, Haiti is set to command attention not just from the United States, which is co-hosting a high-level donor event on Friday, but its neighbor to the north, Canada.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 17, 2022

Haiti verges on anarchy amid fuel hike, power grab. ‘They want us to hit rock bottom’

Charities are being looted. Foreign embassies are being pelted with rocks, and the homes of government supporters and the wealthy targeted — some going up in smoke.

Miami Herald · Sep 14, 2022

As Haiti descends into chaos, Dominican president brings concerns to Washington

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is in Washington this week and he has one issue that is top of mind — Haiti.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

Dominican president bars Haitian ex-leader from his country

The president of the Dominican Republic has barred Haiti’s former interim prime minister from entering the country, a move that further heightens tensions between two nations that share the island of Hispaniola

Reuters · Feb 20, 2022

Dominican Republic begins building border wall with Haiti

The Dominican government on Sunday began building a wall that will cover almost half of the 392-kilometre (244 miles) border with Haiti, its only land neighbor, to stop irregular migration and the smuggling of goods, weapons and drugs.

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