SANTO DOMINGO.- The head of the US State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking warned that the United States could penalize the country, on “frustration” with the Government’s alleged lack of commitment in the trafficking of Haitian children.
Luis CdeBaca, interviewed by newspaper Nuevo Herald of Miami, said since his visit to Santo Domingo last summer specifically to be apprised of the traffic and exploitation of children, little advance has been made.
He said if decertified, the country could lose economic and military aid; some exports to the U.S. may be blocked and face opposition to its votes in entities such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.
He revealed that Dominican Republic has until June to implement the State Department’s recommendations to pursue and punish the traffickers of children, as well as the officials who help the traffickers of minors from Haiti. “The problem is that we have not seen cases against anybody in Dominican Republic. With the countries that we deal with we tell them that it’s good that they arrest not only the traffickers, but the official accomplices. In Dominican Republic we have not seen the first, there is where the frustration is.”
CdeBaca said that he hasn’t seen a great change, so if nothing happens and the problem continues, "not only could we degrade the country in the ranking of the report (State Department on human traffic) but also recommend to the President concerning sanctions."
The recommendations appear in the report on the Traffic of People 2010, which classified the Caribbean nation as level three, the lowest rank.
Together with Cuba, the only other country of the Western Hemisphere that fell in that category for being simultaneously "a source, transit and destination of men, women and children subjected to traffic, especially forced prostitution and work forced labor,” it says.
In October and November Nuevo Herald published a series that showed how many children are forced to beg in the streets of Dominican cities.
Written by: telemeco, 17 Jan 2011 8:05 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Monte Plata
This lady must be another "feel sorry for Haitian and let DR pick up the slack movement” however I agree that this children trafficker must be brought to justice and jail, but to sanction and speak of consequence if you don’t do what I say, what is this kinderganden…Someone need to reminder her this is not the 1960, thread a country over it is ridiculous. And what happen if there was a DR government with cojones and tell you to shoved, then what? You suppose to be a diplomat not an instigator.
From: United States
Its about time the US got tough on this issue in the DR.
From: United States
Something has to change, one way or another. If people want nothing to do with Haiti because of whatever predisposed view they may have, then thats on them. But for goodness sakes, don't ruin an entire NEW generation, give them a chance.
Written by: matador, 17 Jan 2011 8:46 AM
From: United States, www.brugal-ron.com/home.php
Very well, Now maybe LF and it crooks get their head out of their ass and start doing what they suppost to be doing. Finally someone is steping up to the playground. Thank you USA.
Written by: Yucahu, 17 Jan 2011 8:51 AM
From: United States, Miami
Cdebaca is big fat ugly bastard guy. His heart is in the right place but Clinton will not let him put sanctions on DR. It would be worse. This is a black mark for Dominicans but maybe a wake up call!
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago de los 30 Caballeros
The one and only true shame is the Haitian parents are not held accountable for the welfare of their own children.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
Tele,
This is the Kindergarden, The bunch of clowns running this ship, have no education at all and the constant corruption is in plain sight, no cover ups at all, not even an attempt, like gangsters......eS...De...Que and wear it like a badge.
One perfect example is Leonels decision to sell 49% of DR's only refinery to hugo, and I bet you Leonels stake in it is more than 10%, plus his daughter's fiance, the one that commanded 20 officers to ransack Omega's house, without having RANK in our military nor did he have a position in the government to get away with it, well his family is Oil rich. If I gathered this info, can you imagine what the pentigon knows about this island and it gov..... If you ask me, the government WARRANTS to be treated as the way children do.
Written by: Yucahu, 17 Jan 2011 8:58 AM
From: United States, Miami
The word is; warrants
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago de los 30 Caballeros
The truth hurts, most of these children are sold by their horrible and inhumane Haitian parents, but for some strange reason the Dominican Republic is held responsible.
From: United States
Here we see it again the DR directly blamed for something that is not directly their fault. I am not saying the DR should simply ignore the problem, but if US officials really want to solve it, sanctions against the DR will not fix it either. Lets get to the root of the problem, the actual cause which directly provokes the trafficking of children and then we can talk.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
The U S Govt is in no position to speak of abuses against children. Walk 10 minutes from the White House in Wash DC and see the conditions and how children live. Drug infested neighborhoods, no books in the schools, children selling drugs, children using drugs. children abandoned and living in squalor. Go see it and then comment.
The Haitians exploit their children in DR and in Haiti. They stand on the streets and send their children into traffic at corners to beg and sell items. Santiago is full of them. SEND THEM BACK before Santiago becomes like Haiti!!!! SEND THEM BACK FAST
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Thank you Guilleromone. If the US is so concerned and I doubt they are. Let the US take them to Bklyn so they can live there. They exploit their children in Bklyn too.
Written by: kennyB, 17 Jan 2011 9:40 AM
From: United States
Written by: JimHarrington, 17 Jan 2011 8:26 AM
From: United States
Its about time the US got tough on this issue in the DR.
@JimHarrington
Stop making excuses, you desperately need to start holding your own Haitian people accountable for their inexcusable actions.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
Thanks Yuca
Written by: riosm, 17 Jan 2011 9:44 AM
From: United States
CarmenReyes,
So true....I've seen it with my own two eyes. Lyncoln Hieghts where poverty, crime, drugs, gangs you name it rein GALORE.
The U.S should focus on the U.S Mexican border before pointing fingers.
One has to ask.....why is it always the innocent children always have to pay for adults / society's failures and mistakes ?
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
RobertoJose,
True, the Fernandez crew is a blatant example of gov't at it's poorest. Like him or not, Mejia poses a good question. Where did Fernandez adquiere all his money since he cam into the Presidency poor. I mean poor. His wife is SMUG and she too was poor. Poor is good. I came from poor. There is no shame in that. It is not where I came from that counts but where I am going.
I ask you this. Slamming Fernandez now, how does that help the Santiagueros(as) live and work to improve our lives on a daily basis? RobertoJose, come to DR and work to make it a better place. There is still a lot of goodness here and MANY paisanos(as) with integrity who work to make DR the best it can be. I invite you to come here and not throw stones from a distance. If Fernandez manages to run again and if he wins, then we will really be in trouble. He is a tiguere with no regard for the average Dominican.
From: Dominican Republic, San Carlos, barrio de matatanes, aqui no invente
Don't worry about poor haitian children, the U.S & Canada have already provided and answer to all haitian problems, you see in the past the haitian diaspora and the corrupt elite morons that run the country never took responsabilty for their own people instead they constructed a trail of tears towards DR, but now our great leaders from the north have inyected a new motivational tool into haitian politics, WELCOME HOME BABY DOC!!!!!!
Show them both, the frustrated good for nothing diaspora guy and the corrupt to the bone haitian politico how is done
NEXT
TRUJILLO'S GHOST IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
The only way any "cleansing" operation will be done with some consistency is if the US do it themselves.
Don´t expect any kind of efficiency from the Dominican Government; they ignore the concept of functionality.
Also, ther's a helluva lot at $take here.
Written by: xwill7, 17 Jan 2011 10:38 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Written by: JimHarrington, 17 Jan 2011 8:26 AM
From: United States
Its about time the US got tough on this issue in the DR.
What a joke!
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Trinitario,
If Baby Doc is in Haiti it is with the support of the CIA, the head of the snake. Aristede was prohibited from returning and yet Baby Doc is back? Watch the borders now. The mention of his name will send thousands more to DR attempting to escape before he starts killing and robbing his own people again. The US has a desire to sink the whole island.
The US is in no position to throw stones until it cleans it own house.
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Have any of you seen the conditions in Detroit or Chicago? Detroit and it's ghettos make Haiti look like Disneyland. The ghettos of Wash DC would scare Haitians back to Haiti. The Haitian neighborhoods of Miami, and I was saw them last year make Port Au Prince seem inviting. The US always points fingers and never at itself. There is not a major city in the US that is not infested with drugs. The US is a crippled state and has not a clue how to help itself. The public education system is broken, the health system is broken, Obama has not kept it's promises and the SMUG Hillary is a Farisea of grand magnitude.
Watch out now if Baby Doc takes up residency. Watch out.
This is not good for Haiti nor DR.
However, I will say. I lived in DR during the reign of the Doc's and Haiti with all it abuses was safer. It was less chaotic for whatever reason.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Carmen,
It's better to have a country run by a dictator that not run at all.
Written by: temetito, 17 Jan 2011 11:36 AM
From: Dominican Republic
why don't the USA take all the haitians and give them land and food, after all, they say they are the world super power?.... losers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: Canada
Why all the bashing of the US? Don't Dominicans like to go there? Carmen seems to have spent alot of time there, why?
From: United States
While the US should not make this a Haiti issue being forced to us I understand the need to stop child trafficking. This does need to be addressed. The US knows plenty about the goings on in the Dominican Republic. They use instances like this to make demands or they will expose someone based on previous information and threaten to hold back financial aid. They do have the right to hold back their financial aid which our corrupt officials try to stick in their pockets but what I wonder is why they don't aggressively go after the LF corrupt administration in general.
Written by: vegano, 17 Jan 2011 12:05 PM
From: Dominican Republic
I agree we have messed up we shouldn't have these poor children go threw this and DR should get punished to the fullest. This is what we deserve maybe now we will react and finally deport the haitians back to Haiti were this won't happen at all. And if it does happen they won't be punished like we would. Fellow hatians please I beg u all for the good of hatians children please tell DR and US to be more proactive with the deportation. Can't we all see is for the best for the next generation
Written by: riosm, 17 Jan 2011 12:06 PM
From: United States
Baby Doc saying......I'm back because I'm broke. "I can serve myself" ...."opp's I mean the Country".
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Child abuse? Have you seen the reports out of Palestine and how the children are living? Directly responsible is the US and it's support of the Zionist abuse. It is the US that sanctions the abuse and sees it every day. Why do they not protest that? Because the Zionists will not permit it. Yes, it is awful and it needs to stop. Everywhere, not just where the US thinks it is safe to criticise and suffer consequences. China is another example of extreme abuses. All over Central America children work in factories as slaves. Where is the US on that ? DR has problems. We never deny our problems like the US does. The Palestinian issue is a disgrace of such proportions that there are not words to describe it.
From: Canada
I would guess that you are a woman? Where is your compassion? The female gender usually exceeds the male gender with regards to one's level of compassion. I am a little surprised.
The greatest contribution that you can make is to try to negotiate a peaceful solution with your compatriots and the immigrants living in your area. One day you may have children, or maybe you are already a mother - you may be looking for a world with more compassion for your offspring.
The greatest women that the world has produced will always be remembered for their undivided convictions and notably towards the poor, disenfranchised, and especially the children.
Written by: vegano, 17 Jan 2011 12:51 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Hatians come on let your voices be heard don't let the abuse continue demand increase deportation this will address the issue at hand.
From: Canada
vegano,
Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace, Love, Love, Love...
Kill a cow - make a nice bar b que... and share your meat...Help the poor and help yourselves...
Feed the Poor And Feed Your Love....
Be Brothers - You are already Conjoined twins...... Love, Love, Love
From: Canada
Today is Martin Luther King, jr day. What would he say about this situation?
Written by: vegano, 17 Jan 2011 1:23 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Montreal come adopt some haitians
Written by: riosm, 17 Jan 2011 1:26 PM
From: United States
Montreal-reggie,
MLK......"All I want to do is GODS will"
CarmenReyes,
Why does'nt some oil rich Arab nation just donate some land so the poor Palisetinians could call a home of their own ?
Guess what in Pakistan they just invented Infentcide and are putting the blame on the evil U.S...why not just the U.S ultra liberals who support abortion ?
Their killing new born babies out of wed-lock at a alarming rate vs. stoneing.....ultra Liberals in the U.S call it "POST ABORTION" more like birth control after the fact or population control "for the better good of all" opp's a quote from the lefts hero "chairmen Mao"
What ever happened to taking personal responsibility for ones action ?
For every finger pointed there's 3 pointed right back.
I'll end with.....next time you shop and buy that discount / good bargin one can't pass up item.....read the label, made in ? by whom ?
Notice: no Minus from me, just a responce.
Written by: curios1, 17 Jan 2011 4:28 PM
From: United States, right where im standin
trafickers of children should be persued and punished severely, mabe just short of a one way walk into the woods.and there parents to if there involved. and no govt should do it because they might lose funding ,aid or world ranking.they should do it cause its the right thing to do!!
Written by: Rainman, 17 Jan 2011 4:28 PM
From: United States
Carmen I think you are right on the money here , why dont we take all the aid the US gives every country in the world (MY MONEY) and use it to help our own inner city neighborhoods, see how quickly those critics of the US start begging for the bad americans to return.
Written by: Yucahu, 17 Jan 2011 4:42 PM
From: United States, Miami
Today is Martin Luther King Jr, day what would he say? Stop giving those poor Dominican's a hard time pendejo. I have a dream!!!!!!!
From: Dominican Republic, Civil Rights and Peace Activist for Our Dominican People
It's almost funny that WE D
From: Dominican Republic, Civil Rights and Peace Activist for Our Dominican People
Infuriating!!!!
It's almost funny how we DOMINICANS "ALWAYS GET THE BLAME" for all the Haitians problems.
Now we have to keep control of Haitians selling their kids to Haitians trafficker who smuggle their own kind.
In a way Dominicans deserve this for not pressuring the government to build the needed wall and stop this killer Haitians exodus.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I do not understand this article .It seems that the USA are suggesting that there are Dominicans who smuggle children ino the DR for a fee and that the Dominican government is not tracking down these dealers , But neither the children or their parents have any money to pay the middle man so I do not believe that.
As I understand it , it is the people in the USA who are seeking little children from Haiti and this is being facilitated illegally by some church groups and by smugglers who are are more likely to be americans or Haitians . So if the children are for the USA adoption market , it would seem that the DR is only a transit country and that USA are saying that somehow the DR has to stop it being a transit country .
Have the USA any ideas on eaxactly what further action the DR should take
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
It is a little like all the boat people going across the Indian Ocean from the middle east countries to Australia and Australia blaming Indonesia for not stopping or arresting them if they pick up supplies in Indonesia .This has been going on for years and I do not see Australia threatening Indonesia .
Written by: curios1, 17 Jan 2011 5:50 PM
From: United States, right where im standin
i dont think any child from any country should be traficked to any other country. or even in country for what ever reason. can i get anyone to agree with me on that.? i do think that if that activity is going on it is the responsability of the powers that be to do something about it. ragardles of that childs origen. i dont kno any one on this site personaly but you can be quite confident if something wrong is happenning to one of your children around me i will stand up and represent your child . and where he or she is from leagal or not will not matter to me!
From: United States
Now go figure, it is Dominicans doing the trafficking
Members of the 4th Brigade of the army arrested over the weekend a Dominican bus driver who was driving a bus with 17 Haitians, including seven pregnant women from Dajabon. The women said they contracted the ride to give birth in Dominicans hospitals, as reported in Listin Diario.
Written by: DomRat, 17 Jan 2011 6:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic
? Thank God for this self appointed Police entity of the world? Small matter when they bomb a barrio to oust a dictator like Noriega, or waste an Afghan wedding party with disconnected computer jocks working in Colorado Springs just one step removed from Play Station 1 or Game Box using lethal Predator drones.
If the aid that was pledged to Haiti was loosened up and spent in meaningful directions all these poor folk would not be here but rebuilding their own country. Do any of you remember the great “Pig kill” back in about 1980? More so called assistance in which native stock was slaughtered and token or no payment made and restocking was small, tardy and very uneven. Now the UN admits cholera to the Dual Nationality Island – what a bunch of crap. Misguided international social restructuring at best corporatism most likely.
Written by: curios1, 17 Jan 2011 7:07 PM
From: United States, right where im standin
im curios and just wondering could it be possible this web site like newspapers espesialy some here in the us. wright these articles and stories up in such a manner to just get people commenting on a subject to see what the public sentament is? or just to stretch the the storie some to make it a bit more interesting . i have been to the dr several times i dont see some of these problems .or maybe i do and just dont recognise them. or havent been to the right places. i wil be visiting again in feb. i guess i will have to look a little harder.
From: Canada
Yucahu,
Martin Luther King, jr would not have supported your agenda. He spoke throughout his rewarding life about tolerance, love, and support of fellow man. Especially those in need of succor. Martin Luther King said that " the time is always ripe to do right" and I would hope that you would support that spirit of selflessness. Since you do not, if MLK were alive today, you would obviously not be in the position to shine his shoes. It would be above you. Peace not war, compassion not bitterness.
Written by: riosm, 17 Jan 2011 7:28 PM
From: United States
GeeWhizMiller 261,
Like there is a real big market for Haitian babys into the DR.....only if the U.S church's are paying.
Did you read about the U.S border agent who had an undergroud safe house in his back yard....he and his father who has been deported before were arrested.
Most alien smugglers form Mexico into the U.S are U.S citizens, they charge up to $2,500.00 USD per person to a safe house anywhere in the lower 4 states.
We have thousands of birth's right here in the U.S from illigal parents......only here we them anchor babies.
Written by: riosm, 17 Jan 2011 7:38 PM
From: United States
DomRat,
Right when things could not get worst for Haiti.......the thought of releasing billions of that pledge money for Haiti was enough to bring Big Sugga Daddy Doc back.
I willing to bet the DR GOV. will be reconsidering that lock down at the Haitian border soon.
From: United States
@Carmen - you always talk about 'come and see Santiago', 'come and see the hospitals', 'come and see the poor Haitians beg in the streets', and then you actually compare a bad neighborhood in Detroit to Haiti? Dont be silly. The ghettos in Wash DC are not even CLOSE to anything is Haiti, lets get that clear now. A child living in a bad neighborhood, using drugs in the bathroom of a poor school is different than a Haitian kid with NO home, begging in the street and selling his or herself to pay their 'fare' to the person who brought them in. In the US when a Child goes missing EVERYBODY knows about it, it becomes NATIONAL news. Ever heard of the Amber Alert?? So the US CAN speak on child abuse because its procedures and policies against child abuse are implement and enforced better. Granted DR is a DEVELOPING Country, but don't let your frustration for the US cause you lose your bearings on reality. Fijate -a devastated ghetto is not the same as a devastated COUNTRY.
From: United States
@Montreal Reggie - It is very evident how much 'hate' and contention is isn't it. And its really sad because most people are too wrapped up in that 'superiority', 'us vs them' nonsense that they don't even realize that it also affects THEM in a negative way. So many minds have been poisoned to think that one race or culture is somehow 'better' than another.
Written by: vegano, 17 Jan 2011 9:50 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Bernard it not that we hate the haitians is that DR is becoming like Haiti. We are Dominicans not haitians and now we are blamed for children trafficking come on. Like I always said please fellow haitians reach out to the us and Dominican government to increase the deportation all haitians to avoid having their rights violated.
From: Canada
vegano,
My brother, love not hypocrisy, peace not a 'back stab'. Be a part of the help not the hurt. You have the potential to be great, don't be afraid to tap into your well of positivity.
From: United States
By The Praise Of God Goes He.
Written by: vegano, 18 Jan 2011 2:47 PM
From: Dominican Republic
But lets note something we depend to much on the USA. USA has hardly any agriculture, most of it comes from Canada or Mexico. IF all latin america and the Caribbeans were to unite we wouldn't be in this case. The US would have to come to us request not demand. So LF I understand you have tried to help the Haitians but the bulk not all are ungrateful, so please but the money for good use meaning on the Dominican Nation and increase of the deportation of Illegal Haitians.
From: Haiti
vegano,
Go drink a beer and leave the illegal Haitians alone. Do they really affect you personally? How? Your mean spiritedness will return upon you some day. Montreal is right! The world is round and what goes around, comes around. Montreal you are a great man. You are patient and I wish you all the best my brother. I wish that the world had more people like you to reference decision making.
Written by: curios1, 18 Jan 2011 8:56 PM
From: United States, right where im standin
every body looks at that picture and sees a haitian child begging in the street and thinks thats bad .and i agree its ashame that that child has to beg weather he or she needs to or forced to . but if you look real close you will see some thing else and that is the hand of a dominican giving, and i think that is good, and im sure its because he or she whants to and is not forced to, and by the looks of that hand im guessing a nice dominican woman just my observation
From: Haiti
What do dominicans want in general? Do they want all Haitians out of the DR or just the illegal ones. It will get easier soon to get a Dominican visa in Haiti. There are plans in the works to do this. The visas will be cheaper than paying the border guards.
Written by: riosm, 18 Jan 2011 10:30 PM
From: United States
Super_lover,
And legal !
Good a worker program where a fee / I.D / photo / finger print will be issued and renewed every year, also what they should add is found with out or expired permit they would be banned in the DR for life.
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The one and only true shame is the Haitian parents are not held accountable for the welfare of their own children.
This is the Kindergarden, The bunch of clowns running this ship, have no education at all and the constant corruption is in plain sight, no cover ups at all, not even an attempt, like gangsters......eS...De...Que and wear it like a badge.
One perfect example is Leonels decision to sell 49% of DR's only refinery to hugo, and I bet you Leonels stake in it is more than 10%, plus his daughter's fiance, the one that commanded 20 officers to ransack Omega's house, without having RANK in our military nor did he have a position in the government to get away with it, well his family is Oil rich. If I gathered this info, can you imagine what the pentigon knows about this island and it gov..... If you ask me, the government WARRANTS to be treated as the way children do.
The truth hurts, most of these children are sold by their horrible and inhumane Haitian parents, but for some strange reason the Dominican Republic is held responsible.
The Haitians exploit their children in DR and in Haiti. They stand on the streets and send their children into traffic at corners to beg and sell items. Santiago is full of them. SEND THEM BACK before Santiago becomes like Haiti!!!! SEND THEM BACK FAST
Written by: JimHarrington, 17 Jan 2011 8:26 AM
From: United States
Its about time the US got tough on this issue in the DR.
@JimHarrington
Stop making excuses, you desperately need to start holding your own Haitian people accountable for their inexcusable actions.
So true....I've seen it with my own two eyes. Lyncoln Hieghts where poverty, crime, drugs, gangs you name it rein GALORE.
The U.S should focus on the U.S Mexican border before pointing fingers.
One has to ask.....why is it always the innocent children always have to pay for adults / society's failures and mistakes ?
True, the Fernandez crew is a blatant example of gov't at it's poorest. Like him or not, Mejia poses a good question. Where did Fernandez adquiere all his money since he cam into the Presidency poor. I mean poor. His wife is SMUG and she too was poor. Poor is good. I came from poor. There is no shame in that. It is not where I came from that counts but where I am going.
I ask you this. Slamming Fernandez now, how does that help the Santiagueros(as) live and work to improve our lives on a daily basis? RobertoJose, come to DR and work to make it a better place. There is still a lot of goodness here and MANY paisanos(as) with integrity who work to make DR the best it can be. I invite you to come here and not throw stones from a distance. If Fernandez manages to run again and if he wins, then we will really be in trouble. He is a tiguere with no regard for the average Dominican.
Don't worry about poor haitian children, the U.S & Canada have already provided and answer to all haitian problems, you see in the past the haitian diaspora and the corrupt elite morons that run the country never took responsabilty for their own people instead they constructed a trail of tears towards DR, but now our great leaders from the north have inyected a new motivational tool into haitian politics, WELCOME HOME BABY DOC!!!!!!
Show them both, the frustrated good for nothing diaspora guy and the corrupt to the bone haitian politico how is done
NEXT
TRUJILLO'S GHOST IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!
Don´t expect any kind of efficiency from the Dominican Government; they ignore the concept of functionality.
Also, ther's a helluva lot at $take here.
From: United States
Its about time the US got tough on this issue in the DR.
What a joke!
If Baby Doc is in Haiti it is with the support of the CIA, the head of the snake. Aristede was prohibited from returning and yet Baby Doc is back? Watch the borders now. The mention of his name will send thousands more to DR attempting to escape before he starts killing and robbing his own people again. The US has a desire to sink the whole island.
The US is in no position to throw stones until it cleans it own house.
Watch out now if Baby Doc takes up residency. Watch out.
This is not good for Haiti nor DR.
However, I will say. I lived in DR during the reign of the Doc's and Haiti with all it abuses was safer. It was less chaotic for whatever reason.
It's better to have a country run by a dictator that not run at all.
The greatest contribution that you can make is to try to negotiate a peaceful solution with your compatriots and the immigrants living in your area. One day you may have children, or maybe you are already a mother - you may be looking for a world with more compassion for your offspring.
The greatest women that the world has produced will always be remembered for their undivided convictions and notably towards the poor, disenfranchised, and especially the children.
Peace, Peace, Peace, Peace, Love, Love, Love...
Kill a cow - make a nice bar b que... and share your meat...Help the poor and help yourselves...
Feed the Poor And Feed Your Love....
Be Brothers - You are already Conjoined twins...... Love, Love, Love
MLK......"All I want to do is GODS will"
CarmenReyes,
Why does'nt some oil rich Arab nation just donate some land so the poor Palisetinians could call a home of their own ?
Guess what in Pakistan they just invented Infentcide and are putting the blame on the evil U.S...why not just the U.S ultra liberals who support abortion ?
Their killing new born babies out of wed-lock at a alarming rate vs. stoneing.....ultra Liberals in the U.S call it "POST ABORTION" more like birth control after the fact or population control "for the better good of all" opp's a quote from the lefts hero "chairmen Mao"
What ever happened to taking personal responsibility for ones action ?
For every finger pointed there's 3 pointed right back.
I'll end with.....next time you shop and buy that discount / good bargin one can't pass up item.....read the label, made in ? by whom ?
Notice: no Minus from me, just a responce.
It's almost funny how we DOMINICANS "ALWAYS GET THE BLAME" for all the Haitians problems.
Now we have to keep control of Haitians selling their kids to Haitians trafficker who smuggle their own kind.
In a way Dominicans deserve this for not pressuring the government to build the needed wall and stop this killer Haitians exodus.
As I understand it , it is the people in the USA who are seeking little children from Haiti and this is being facilitated illegally by some church groups and by smugglers who are are more likely to be americans or Haitians . So if the children are for the USA adoption market , it would seem that the DR is only a transit country and that USA are saying that somehow the DR has to stop it being a transit country .
Have the USA any ideas on eaxactly what further action the DR should take
Now go figure, it is Dominicans doing the trafficking
Members of the 4th Brigade of the army arrested over the weekend a Dominican bus driver who was driving a bus with 17 Haitians, including seven pregnant women from Dajabon. The women said they contracted the ride to give birth in Dominicans hospitals, as reported in Listin Diario.
If the aid that was pledged to Haiti was loosened up and spent in meaningful directions all these poor folk would not be here but rebuilding their own country. Do any of you remember the great “Pig kill” back in about 1980? More so called assistance in which native stock was slaughtered and token or no payment made and restocking was small, tardy and very uneven. Now the UN admits cholera to the Dual Nationality Island – what a bunch of crap. Misguided international social restructuring at best corporatism most likely.
Martin Luther King, jr would not have supported your agenda. He spoke throughout his rewarding life about tolerance, love, and support of fellow man. Especially those in need of succor. Martin Luther King said that " the time is always ripe to do right" and I would hope that you would support that spirit of selflessness. Since you do not, if MLK were alive today, you would obviously not be in the position to shine his shoes. It would be above you. Peace not war, compassion not bitterness.
Like there is a real big market for Haitian babys into the DR.....only if the U.S church's are paying.
Did you read about the U.S border agent who had an undergroud safe house in his back yard....he and his father who has been deported before were arrested.
Most alien smugglers form Mexico into the U.S are U.S citizens, they charge up to $2,500.00 USD per person to a safe house anywhere in the lower 4 states.
We have thousands of birth's right here in the U.S from illigal parents......only here we them anchor babies.
Right when things could not get worst for Haiti.......the thought of releasing billions of that pledge money for Haiti was enough to bring Big Sugga Daddy Doc back.
I willing to bet the DR GOV. will be reconsidering that lock down at the Haitian border soon.
My brother, love not hypocrisy, peace not a 'back stab'. Be a part of the help not the hurt. You have the potential to be great, don't be afraid to tap into your well of positivity.
Go drink a beer and leave the illegal Haitians alone. Do they really affect you personally? How? Your mean spiritedness will return upon you some day. Montreal is right! The world is round and what goes around, comes around. Montreal you are a great man. You are patient and I wish you all the best my brother. I wish that the world had more people like you to reference decision making.
And legal !
Good a worker program where a fee / I.D / photo / finger print will be issued and renewed every year, also what they should add is found with out or expired permit they would be banned in the DR for life.