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Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s top rated windsurfing beach, Playa Encuentro, in Cabarete is in the crosshairs of drug traffickers who covet it to develop their “business”, while land grabbers covet it for private gain.
A source who didn’t want their name revealed said to DT that they were forced out of their home and business by drug traffickers who even threatened to kill them if they didn’t abandon it, while surfertoday.com today said it’s concerned with losing it to unnamed people interested in privatizing it.
“Playa Encuentro one of the best wind and surf spots of the Dominican Republic, is threatened by the privatization of the country's beaches,” the Website said.
It said it will be a disaster for the entire area of public access is denied. “Wave riding is the main reason people visit Cabarete and is one of the main marketing tools of the North Coast,” and has launched an online petition to defend Encuentro.
The row over Playa Encuentro is shaping to be the next battleground in the economic war pitting developers against conservationists, which defeated the planned cement plant near Haitises National Park
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I told the story of Sonny Bluesky who was forced to tranfer his brand new house at gunpoint, was put in the trunk of a car and never seen again.
The mayor, the police are either afraid or most likely in on it and do nothing to get rid of those thugs.
Dodge City, man.
Rather, la carcel de la Victoria without bars.
THE BARS ON THE WINDOWS ARE NOT THEIR FOR BEAUTY.
I told the story of Sonny Bluesky who was forced to tranfer his brand new house at gunpoint, was put in the trunk of a car and never seen again.
IF U HAVE MONEY U ARE A TARGET, AND U DONT NEED THAT MUCH MONEY TO BE A TARGET. MANY BODIES AND STORYS U DO NOT READ OR HEAR ABOUT IF PEOPLE ONLY KNEW THEY RUN FOR THE HILLS AS FAST AS THEY CAN.
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to summarise, WalterPolo, it is just the Dominican Republic in microcosm."
As always with regards to DR, the extremist position. Lighten up, if it were that bad I thinketh you be loooong gone by now, no? Try some moderation for this year.
All we can hope for is a new leader to fix our corruption problems and go after our previous leaders for the criminal acts they have committed. One day maybe we can round them all up and take back everything they have stolen from the people.
I thinj there are correct procedures but always the local councils are very weak and shortsighted . Everywhere we see developers with strong arm men saying they wil provide employment , build some new roads and probably give a few people who make decisions a 2 bedroom apartment in a development ..and the councils always cave in ....world wide .
We see the destruction of beaches and beautiful coastal areas here and in other caribbean countries , in asia , in Europe and even in places like Bali ..
Cabarete was a very natural and laid back place that was perfect for people in their twenties and thirties and it is a tragedy that anything can happen to a place that has the best wind and surf beach in the world ...hopefully there will be a UN commission again that recommends conservation.