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    and the Dominican Republic are two countries that have been overwhelmed with conflicts, high levels of poverty, political problems, human rights violations, and failures of political leadership. Moreover, both countries have different dialectal, French and Haitian Creole are the two official languages of Haiti. On the other hand, the official language of the Dominican Republic is Spanish. Another difference between both countries is that Haiti has a more semiarid climate than the Dominican Republic

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    Economic Development in the Dominican Republic and Haiti I. Introduction The following paper is oriented to explore why the divergence of a similarly sustained economic development of the Dominican Republic (D.R.) and Haiti. The fact that both countries share the same territory, but their economic development in recent days differ from one another make this topic is highly important, since it can bring deeper insight about the different causes that can affect the economic development of a country

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    The Haitian Relationship With the Dominican Republic The Haitian revolution had tremendous repercussions in the social, political and economic arenas of the world, but especially for the relationship with the neighboring nation of the Dominican Republic. In order to understand the development of the Dominican-Haitian relationship after the Haitian revolution one must examine how the two colonies of Hispanola dealt with each other before it. Throughout history there has been constant stress between

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    Paper Due: 12/11/2015 On September 23 of 2013, half a million of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic woke up to the unfortunate ruling made by the country’s Central Electoral Board. The ruling TC-168-13 called for the denationalization of Dominican born civilians if at least one of their parents are not a citizen of the nation. Because the highest population of immigrants living in the Dominican Republic are Haitians, this decision is hurting them the most. Now, these people are not able to

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    Haiti is an independent black republic proud of its fashioned French, African, and Caribbean culture. So why are so many Haitians fleeing their homeland to their neighboring partner, Dominican Republic? First, let’s look at some key facts about Haiti. With those key facts we can see why Haitians in large amounts want to migrate to the Dominican Republic. Second, we can discuss the Dominican Republic being a place of possibilities. Final we will discuss how Dominicans feel about letting Haitians

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    The development of racial tensions between Dominicans and Haitians is linked to the stark cultural differences and a racist ideology that dominated Dominican thought and culture and was propagated by Dominican leaders like Rafael Trujillo. Antihaitianismo is rooted in deep-set cultural differences, historical events, and economic differences between the neighboring countries. The Dominican Republic and Haiti although widely different have shared the same fight for independence and for the establishment

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    Dominican Republic On the night of May 30, 1960, Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo was killed. He was shot to death on a highway in the capital city. This event set off a chain reaction over the next five years. The United States has been a partner in the assassination of Trujillo that helped climb to power. The decision to take down Trujillo was reinforced in the early 1960 when the united states passed to organized hemispheric opposition to the Castro region. This policy has ran ahead to a familiar

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    The Dominican Republic, located on the Caribbean island of Hispanola, is rich and vibrant. Geographically the country spans over two-thirds of the island, with Haiti as its neighbor. There are approximately 10,000,000 people inhabiting the Dominican Republic since the seventh century. The initial inhabitants were indigenous people of the Caribbean, the Taino. The ancestors of the Taino came to the Caribbean from South America, therefore many of the traditions, culture, and modes of communication

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    1844, the Dominican Republic became a nation of their own. The island was named La Isla Española and soon became Hispaniola, when Christopher Columbus discovered the island in 1492. Santo Domingo became the Spanish capital a few years later. Due to Santo Domingo 's location, it was a gateway to the Caribbean. In the year of 1838, a secret society called La Trinitaria was organized by Spanish-speaking Dominicans to overthrow Haitian rule. Juan Pablo Duarte, a son of a wealthy Dominican family established

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    Dominican Republic Dictator: Rafael Trujillo Brief History When studying the history of the Dominican Republic, one can observe the tensions between different ethnicities, the several occupations, the many struggles due to military rule, the fights that demanded independence, and the powerful dictators who left major impact on the country. In fact, according to political scientist Howard J. Wiarada, the Dominican Republic is just a small representation of Latin America. After the brutal revolts

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