Incognito previously said:

San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Dominican Republic’s general consul in Puerto Rico said on Monday that there are around 200,000 of his compatriots in Puerto Rico, including those living there illegally.

However Maximo Taveras said it’s difficult to determine the exact number of Dominicans living in Puerto Rico and pledged the Consulate’s assistance in a census to establish the exact figure.

The Dominican diplomat also asked Dominicans there to obey Puerto Rican Law, in reference to areas frequented by undocumented people in the area of Toa Bja, on the island’s north.

He said he’ll try to solve the problem of the illegal presence of Dominicans in Toa Baja, where since several months ago they’ve been erecting illegal housing which lacks the permit for residential use.

As to his compatriots’ illegal arrival at Puerto Rico’s west coasts, Taveras said the tendency has been substantially reduced in the last months due to police pressure from his country and the island’s federal authorities.

Source: diariolibre.com.do
where are the people who where saying that they were only 70 000 dominicans in Puerto Rico ?

How those numbers grow up like this ? please answer me.

brasilenos4ever previously said:



Thats not entirely true. There has always been a significant number of Black Puerto Ricans on the Island. Somewhere over 400,000. These individuals faces are not always represented in the ads you see in the fancy brochures, but they have always been there.

Nor do many Puerto Ricans you meet want to actually aknowledge that there is a large percentage of Black Puerto Ricans on the Island. Some of these people have never actually been to the island or have'nt been there since they were kids. They simply listen to what someone else told them.

I see no particular reason why the color of Dominicans or Puerto Rican skin is of any importance to the topic of this thread. Some people are so consumed with color that they often times forget about the things that really matter. My many visits to Puerto Rico reveals that many Puerto Ricans live in dirt poverty, are uneducated and living on government welfare.

In the ghettos where a hosts of them live, there is rampant crime and drug dealing. Unwed teens and dead beat fathers. And this all occurring in a place that is a commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Ricans are in no place whatsoever to be criticizing Dominicans as being black or whatever. Both groups are spin-offs of African slaves, Taino Indians, and European settlers. Whether they wish to acknowledge it or not.

Latino Unidos is my motto. United for the betterment of all our brothers and sisters. No matter what degree of racial ancestry they have in them. I think this is the concept and approach we should all take because as we fight and argue among ourselves, the rich is getting richer and the poor is getting poorer and that is what I see in both areas Puerto Rico & the Dominican Republic. Brasilenos4ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chamo previously said:

Like I said, go to Puerto Rico and you'll see tons of mulattos and blacks. And guess what? Most of those blacks are Dominicans

ny4life previously said:

Great point. The nail the "race" card to prove a point, I guess they want to prove how inferior they feel to be black. I don't know what else to say. We Dominicans live in peace amongst ourselves. I can't say the same for Haitians.