Its obvious the the goverment has not paid adequate attention to the cibao region. Add to that the differences from the rest of the country (i.e, the people, the terrain, the customs, etc....). San Jose de las Matas even has its own flag, so why not take it a step further and complete cede from the main land. The region has enough resources to survive.

Thoughts.......

Agree the Government totally abandoned the Cibao region. Actually there is a big change going on there right now. There have to be close to two millions illegal Haitians in the Cibao region alone. Count that by a few generation and you will have left is petionville. Unless we get a nationalist Government to take charge and do what is right for the people living in this area we are doom. About your seceding question, I doubt it. As other poster stated here before the best chance for that to ever happen dies when Trujillo took control of the country.

Maybe a Lichtenstien or Luxemboug is possible? With a loose association to DR.

S.

SAJOMA is a great town because of the money that comes in from Dominicans living in USA... They still have not fixed the road from Santiago to SAJOMA... Shocking!

Our family gives a lot of money, mostly during Christmas, to family in Yerba Buena. I mean a few hundred dollars per family member adds up to a lot of pesos. They were able to build a decent new house of solid material as opposed to the shacks they've lived in forever.

Another Cibao separatist thread. This one didn't get as much attention though. I say let's do it.

I like the idea, but doubt very much if it would ever reach fullfillment. Just the thought to secede from the republic and form a new nation is difficult to digest and a foreign concept for many. People need to be sold and prepared for something that for us is revolutionary. For this reason, complete separation is most likely improbable, but nevertheless still quite feasible for the Cibao to at least become an autonomous state or region.

There are examples of this all over the world. In Latin American, the country of Bolivia, on 12/15/07, 9 eastern departments unilaterally declared themselves to be autonomous from the central government. But the strongest most fervent proponent was the state of Santa Cruz which like the Cibao is the fastest growing, most properous region in the country. It also remits the largest tax contribution to the central government, but receives back very little in return.

However, it is precisely for this reason that a rapid influx of immigrants from other regions have come to live and work in Santa Cruz, but regretably created an informal, underground economy. This means that a large segment of the population uses up resources, puts a strain on the local government but pay very little to no pay taxes. Sound familiar?

Just like the state of Santa Cruz, the Cibao has every and many reasons to contemplate the possibility of some form of independence or separation from the central government. If achievable, the Cibeaños would be able to have their own vision, develop a master plan to help improve the lives of the people and better control their destiny. They would have their own best interests heart.

I did see a pick up truck in the gutter where that missing chunk of the road is... It looked like he had to really move out of the way

ustedes estan locos
esto solo se ve en el internet de verdad
esta bien que se sientan orgullosos de ser cibaenos pero no es para tanto.
yo quiero seguir siendo dominicano y donde quiera que voy lo sere
el cibao es el corazon de la republica dominicana.
luciera mas si la region sola se llamara republica dominicana
el este y la capital se puede llamar nuevo haiti mentira e relajando

bueno hablando en serio ya quisiera haiti ser como la capital y el este

La idea mas estupida que e oido. La solucion es la repatriacion de los ilegales haitianos simplemente. Si el territorio se achica beneficiara a los haitianos mas.