Not only do we have to deal with starving Dominicans but also with starving Haitians.

American gets murdered in the DR. The DR is under pressure to find the killers while mitigating the blow to her tourist industry. Solution: Find a Haitian scapegoat or scapegoats. Oh, look, a couple of Haitians (probably illegal immigrants) 'fled' the location of the crime. They arrested a Haitian woman, bearing food for the prisoners, for being a spy. Why was she privy on the 'steps being taken by the National Police'? They recovered some of the victim's stolen property but it does not specify in whose possession they found the property. Ok, maybe some of these Haitians had some of this property. In my country, if you hear that someone just got killed, you can bet that that dead guy's house will be the next house robbed. They tell me that in the DR if someone gets hit by a car on the street and is laying dead on the roadside, people will take things of value off the dead body - is this true? I am not saying that these guys are innocent but I am definitely saying I smell a rat!

Scapegoats????

* Haiti government to pay for truck torched in cross-border incident
dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/10/10/45386/Haiti-government-to-pay-for-truck-torched-in-cross-border-incident

* Manifestación en Haití cobra una víctima
almomento.net/articulo/120645/Manifestacion-en-Haiti-cobra-una-victima

Duarte, Sanchez, Mella, y Luperon...
Dios, Patria, y Libertad!
Republica Dominicana

"Scapegoats'" What a dumb statement, are you seriuos?

I blame the Dominican authorities for letting these hungry, theiving Haitians run rampart into our country.

I know, now the Haitians are victims when commiting crimes. May God have mercy on all of us because our future do not look bright. The way thing are going we will be illegal in our own soil. Today they are victims tomorow they will own us.

"Written by: chilliwestaziz, 10 Oct 2012 3:17 PM

From: Jamaica

American gets murdered in the DR. The DR is under pressure to find the killers while mitigating the blow to her tourist industry. Solution: Find a Haitian scapegoat or scapegoats. Oh, look, a couple of Haitians (probably illegal immigrants) 'fled' the location of the crime. They arrested a Haitian woman, bearing food for the prisoners, for being a spy.


Yeah, we should give everyone of them an apartment with all the furniture for the contribution to our country.

I realize that what I wrote would not be popular but popularity is not what I am after. I want for all of us intellects (which I think that we all are) to look at this from different vantage points. Until proven guilty these people are innocent (in the eyes of the law) and until convicted of these charges, these charges are just alleged. I hope that we can agree that we should respect and adhere to the rule of law.

So many of you have commented on the corrupt nature of the National Police. So many of you have commented on the Police as being contributory to crime in the DR.

Please someone answer this question, is what I wrote possible? If so, why would it provoke dissent?

Well chilliwestaziz, it is not the first time that Haitians living here had committed it crimes, they do it all the times up north in the Santiago providence where sometime the community itselves take action to get them out of the area. Just remember that in 2010 after the earthquate a large number of haitians prissoners scape and some of them flet to the Dominican Republic. So yes this crime could actually had been committed by these guys. Now they have to be proven guilty when they go to court because they yet to go to court. There were also rummors these people that got killed were involved on the plane that crashed a few days before they got kill.

@ Chill

I respect your way of thinking and I think that you have made a very good point here.

I have lived in the DR for 6+ years and have never had a problem with a Haitian. They are people that work hard and keep to themself.

Now Dominicans on the other hand have RIPED me off left and right from day one, and the funny thing about it is that they come a smile in your face like nothing ever happened.

What you say about lying dead on the road side is very true. I had a young man that lived close ti me that got run over on his way home form work late one evening. By 9 pm when someone found the body he did not have one piece of clothes left on him even the socks and underwear. This kid was on a motorcycle which was gone too, only pieces of broken plastic laying around.

@el Buscoon,

" I had a young man..."

The "chulos/bugas" will always rip your A-hole first then your wallet. Stop looking for molletos for private massages.

Don't like it? Many airports available....

( * )

American gets murdered in the DR. The DR is under pressure to find the killers while mitigating the blow to her tourist industry. Solution: Find a Haitian scapegoat or scapegoats. Oh, look, a couple of Haitians (probably illegal immigrants) 'fled' the location of the crime. They arrested

FEW YEARS AGO 28 GRINGOS WHERE KILLED IN THE POP AREA, NOT ONE DOMINICAN WAS EVER DETAIN OR QUESTION ABOUT THESE MURDERS.
I DONT KNOW WHO DID THIS CRIME BUT IT SEEMS LIKE FOR YEARS NOT ONE CASE OF MURDER WHERE A GRINGO WAS INVOLVED WAS SOLVED.
PLEASE TAKE THE CHOO CHOO TRAIN IN SANTO DOMINGO FOR THE CHANCE OF YOUR LIFE TO SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL LA-LA LAND WE HAVE OVER HERE.
U WILL GET TO SEE TONS OF TRASH IN OUR STREETS AND ALSO IN OUR RIVERS AND IF YOUR REALLY A LUCKY PERSON JUST MAYBE ONE STUPID DOMINICAN WILL ROB U AND PUT A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK
CHOO CHOO TRAIN.
ALL ABOARD.

if the haitians are the ones then this tells me man its a bad bet to take your vacation over here in la-l land
so now u have the crazy dominicans to deal with and now u can also be careful of the hatians

new yorks murder rate last year was at 4.5 per 100,000 dr is at 31 per 100,000
last year the dr had 2800 murders and in new york with over ten million people and over 100,000 tourists that come into the city each day new york had only 423 murders.
u see in new york city we have a real police force and most do their jobs well each day. in the dr we have a few monkeys with a 5th grade education for a police force.
their job is not to protect tourists nor even local dominicans their job is to rob or shake down drug dealers this is their true work.
in fact the police and army bring their own crime wave to the honest people of the dr.
choo choo
all aboard ..

where the f...... is the fence they robbed from the aiport in sdq?
bring back the fence i say....lol

f%&#ing la-la land,
choo choo train
all aboard.

Back off Haitian danny. Low life, good for nothing piece of s/h/i/t.

The bottom line is that your hungry Haitian people did it, and your Haiti is never, ever gonna measure up to our country.

hey my friend the idiot. good to see u care about me..

take the choo choo train to the blue mall and have some salami to eat its good for u.
{bet u u a real tough guy am i right?} s... i knew it}
better run home and hide under the sheet and covers.
hey u have any luz in your life? i have 24/7 over here in the beautiful clean florida keys. choo choo
all idiots aboard and please dont be silent... lol..lol

@ JHCL

I come and go as I please.

This country is not that bad. It's the pricks like youself that make it BAD.

By the way, did you put a smile on Leonel's face today?

Yes, but not as good as the one you put on your molletos...


( *;@ )

Otro perruno pphachuno que salio abolla'o... La vaina es que a E'TE le gusta eso, que lo maltraten sus molletos!!!

Danny your funny. If you live here in Florida then you probably heard of Rudy Eugine. A psycho Haitian who ate a homeless guys face off while butt naked on bathsalts. And as for murder rates, its a bit ignorant to compare the death rates of a country to that. Of an American metropolitan city. If murders kept the tourists away, then Cancun and Rio de Janeiro would be deserts. We all know that the Dominican crime and curruption are through the roof, but atleast there's a roof to measure from. Unlike your native choo choo trainless Haiti were tourist dissappear never to be heard from again. Like that snake and the surprnt movie LOL. That being said, i wouldn't be surprised to run into a creapy wierdo like you in key west. Probably in drag in ducal street . Anywhoo, goodnight and sleep tight you creapy fanatic.

You deal with the wrong crowd you will be wronged, common sense elBurron.

I recommend that in third world countries foreigners act like New Yorkers, watchful and guarded at all times.

Choochoo,
you're one lame creature, you waste your life away reading about a country that you don't give a damn about. Is life that rough in Little Haiti that this is how you entertain yourself?

*Duval

Everytime someone in the Sosua/Cabarete area has been murdered (people that I knew), the initial blame was 'Haitians', even arresting some. Eventually the truth was revealed, and it was Dominicans, and no charges were filed. Dominicans have a thing about killing expatriates that they know have detached themselves from family in their countries, and taking over their land, houses, and businesses, stealthily. And they always blame Haitians, particularly prostitutes. This is what happened to American Bob in Sosua. It was blamed on a Haitian prostitute, but EVERYBODY knew the Dominican who did it. Haitians are blamed for everthing gone wrong in RD, but 95% of the time, the problem is Dominicans.

Take them all out back. Two in the head for each of those killers.

Hey moron, I happen to be a US citizen, unlike you I'm back because I can. Can you go to
Haiti and start a business?

This mud cookie eater past time is to hate on Dominican, what a loser.
All aboard on the CHOO chooless Loser.

@ jasfalcon

Very Very true, I have seen this happen over and over..

Haitians are a Class above most Dominicans....

Like another poster put it

"Dominicans lie, cheat and steal as a matter of course, and lots of you think that everything white man that sets foot in the country has some obligation to empty our pockets for you."

The word is spreading all over the World. Soon people will stop comming here. The only people that will come to the DR are the ones that come for the drugs, street girls and little children (like Roy Stoned and Dreamkiller)

Is Medina investigating the death of Art Tarlow? Is he investigating the relationship between Armando and Leonel?

MIAMILIVE1, deduces
" If murders kept the tourists away, then Cancun and Rio de Janeiro would be deserts. "
(I think he meant "deserted")
Yes, Rio is a dangerous place. However it has real, world-class attractions - the Dominican Republic has nothing that even comes close (except maybe the women), and the same can be found as good or better than the Dominican Republic, in any tropical coastal region.

miami live? its one shit hole on this planet idiot.
u must live in hialeah area?
this is one island that is one rip off and one real dangerous place.
many killed in this trash full place. where the f....k do u put key west on the same page as the dr?
u have no police force and u have a few laws that the general public pays no attention to as they trash their country.
u guys treat your tourists like "prey" hey iam 1/2 dominican and i hate the country .
hey u know the crime u have in hialeah area and u know the crime in w/h's area dont u?
so what it is that where ever u travel to u bring chaos with u.
choo choo train
ride the choo choo with the people with a 3-4 grade education if they even have this.
la-la land.

miami live stay the f..... in hialeah area where u belong stay the f... out of the beautiful florida keys.

we dont need u here to trash our clean waters and streets.
miami trash .
choo choo train.
all aboard to hialeah and washington heights.
now the new place is waterberry conn. sorry for the poor people up there.

met a guy the other day siad he went to the dr watch the whales and get some girls.

true comment no lie and all know this is the truth. its the eat all u can gang and the ladies of the night.
not much over here in the dr even though u want to make it more then it is. its not.
choo choo train.
all aboard.

the weasels take ugly swipes at me personally.
love to get these idiots upset its like fishing all u need is a small piece of bait in this case i use comments they get upset with real quick {no brain to think with} ok! they do have a brain but dont ever use it.
thank god
we have the choo choo train and the ones that dont use their small brain can take the choo choo train to the blue malls and go window shopping and get some world famous dominican salami to eat.
choo choo
all the dumb aboard please

From: Canada



Swiss businessman killed and robbed in Dominican Republic

Dutch hotel owner killed by thieves in Dominican Republic

American couple brutally murdered in Punta Cana, FBI now involved at the crime scene


THANKS U BUTS ITS ONLY A SAMPLE OF THE KILLINGS.
MANY ARE DEAD IN THE POP AREA, THIS IS WHY PUERTO PLATA IS LIKE A GHOST TOWN NOW. HARD TO FIND ANY TOURISTS THESE DAYS. NOT MANY JOBS FOR THE HONEST PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.
TREAT THE TOURISTS LIKE "PREY" AND THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK.
CHOO CHOO.
ALL ABOARD.

While you guys are exchanging barbs, a vital element is left out of the exchanges. I believe two others victims were involved and are in the hospital to include an air force officer. Let's see what those two victims will have to say about the attackers if they are not under any pressure to twist their true encounter.

Dannyoo and the other foreigners

The DR I was born and grew up was a very peaceful country all the way to the mid-90's. There was no iron bar protecting windows or door. You could go anywhere in the country and felt safe. I remember I used to go with my girl and other friends to Punta Russia and stayed there camping overnight. Of course that was until two things became indifference to the new liberal government and that was DRUGS AND THE HAITIAN PROBLEM. The problem really took off amazingly deteriorating our society after the year 2000. The drug dealers became part time owners along with the politician of the country. The frontier became a lucrative post as oppose to punishment post as in the past. The Haitians commits crimes and disappear back to their country to cool down and nobody heard from them again.

Haiti is probably the poorest country in the world with almost zero opportunity and no stable government. They have one of the highest crime rate in the world where little girl get rape at daylight. I LMAO at you guys thinking that the one that comes to DR illegally are just the one that come to work. That is simply unbelievable that make two things clear, either you guys deliberately pushing for fusion or just naive.

This is a reminiscence of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina era, circa October 1937 when the albinos Trujillo ordered the killing of Haitian in the Dominican Rep on the pretext that the Haitian authorities killed a top Dominican spy in Haiti .Trujillo also accused the Haitian of stealing cattle in Dominican Rep. The Dominican military slaughter between 38,000 to 50,000 Haitians according to historians. Such holocaust will make Alonso de Ojeda looks like a boy scout in comparison even though some of his descendants were involved in the perejil /parsley massacre.
My generation may not see the revenge even after 70 years but one day the Haitians will have to make those albinos Dominicans pay a heavy price for the 1937 holocaust.
Thieves: Every country has good and bad people. Haiti and Dominican Rep have thieves also except that police Departments all over the world have registered several hundred thousand more Dominican thieves than Haitian thieves which means that we are more honest.

Vacanos
The DR I was born and grew up was a very peaceful country all the way to the mid-90's. There was no iron bar protecting windows or door. You could go anywhere in the country and felt safe. I remember I used to go with my girl and other friends to Punta Russia and stayed there camping overnight. Of course that was until two things became indifference to the new liberal government and that was DRUGS AND THE HAITIAN PROBLEM. The problem really took off amazingly deteriorating our society after the year 2000. The drug dealers became part time owners along with the politician of the country. The frontier became a lucrative post as oppose to punishment post as in the past. The Haitians commits crimes and disappear back to their country to cool down and nobody heard from them again.

It was the same way when I was growing up in Haiti. We never use to lock our doors.

Good point Vacano. I am not surpised that not one of the hatians or their sympathizers has comdemned the barbarous acts of these low life, law breaking invaders and instead have posted all these other distracting points. Haiticrapmouth even goes as far as posting the freaking soccer scores
Of haitian national team like we care about them. Hey idiot stick to the article: haitian lowlives arrested with property of murdered ex-pat.

Danny zero; if u r 1/2 DR that half must have been a haitian trespasser illusioning they are Dominican. You have no sense of national pride, obviously no knowledge of our history, and a hypocrite for not seeing the far worse situation in your real homeland ( the other 1/2 ?) Ayti.

Bad enough we have our own low life theives and murderers
We cannot tolerate illegal haitians committing crimes in our land. Death penalty for haitians convicted of murder in our lands, double the penalty for committing any other type of crime while in OUR lands.

Hey PierreL, don't get me started on historical points of conflict between our two nations. First of all Trujillo was not an albino. He did have a Haitian ancestor however even though he hated the Haitians, much the same situation as Danny boy.

2nd a Dominican was murdered in Haiti, the haitians were stealing cattle along the border, many Haitians were illegally (like today) settling in the border areas, and 3rd What the hell were 50,000 Haitians doing on our side?

As far as vengeance call it even for all the murders, rapes, pillaging and destruction of towns done by your F*#@ing army in 5 different unprovoked invasions of our country. Your best move is to get the F*#@ out of our country before we have another incident. Don't forget the same insane violent African blood runs thru our veins. You looking for a fight we will give it to you!

Let's try to cool down a bit. Like Gregory Issacs used to sing 'cool down the pace'.

In Europe, there wasn't a country that I visited there that did not have people from other European countries living and visiting there. It was amazing to see so many English citizens living in France, etc. Many Americans and Canadians live in each other's country. Although, some Americans would not like to admit it, some of them call Mexico home. Haiti and the DR are connected by land and water (I think) and perhaps the approach should be one of brotherhood instead of hatredhood (for lack of a better word). Looking at other neighboring countries around the world, the probability of Haitians and Dominicans living in each other's country is probably 100%.

venganzaderafael, 11 Oct 2012 1:24 PM
From: United States
Good point Vacano. I am not surpised that not one of the hatians or their sympathizers has comdemned the barbarous acts of these low life,

Come on guy, who would not comdemned any, I mean any, type of crime???? Maybe some of those guys are getting a bit off topic. You, yourself must remember the old addage, the law will prevail with equitable justice for the victims. Above all, specially the air force officer, hope he will make it through, should come to the plate and make a positive ID of those criminals. If they are possitively ID? Do not waste tax payers $ to keep them incarcerated, pass them through infinitive!

Education in Haiti.

Education levels in Haiti are low.Haiti’s literacy rate of about 53 percent (55 percent for males and 51 percent for females) falls well below the 90 percent average literacy rate for Latin American and Caribbean countries. The country faces shortages in educational supplies and qualified teachers, and the rural population remains underrepresented in the country’s classrooms.


Current State of Education.

Though the Constitution requires that a public education be offered free to all people, the Haitian government has been unable to fulfill this obligation. It spent 10% of government funds for the country's elementary and secondary schools.

Out of the 67% enrollment rate for elementary school, 70% continue on to the third grade. 60% of all students drop out of school before the sixth grade.One of the reasons is the poor quality of the Haitian education sector. Less than 40% of schools are accredited.15% of teachers at the elementary level have basic teaching qualifications, including university degrees. Nearly 25% have not attended secondary school.More than half of the teachers lack the adequate training or had no training at all.Many teachers ended up leaving their profession for alternative better paying jobs instead due to the lack of sufficient government funding as they are either given a meager salary or are not even paid at all. Nonprofit organizations are attempting to improve the education system in Haiti. Programs such as Restavec Freedom Alliance's Community Education Program care providing education to children who would otherwise have no access to free education.

elBuscoon== 3***s HAITIking==3+++s

@ chiliwestazis, I understand that the world has become very small and that there is a lot of cross immigration. Idont have a problem with Haitians coming to my country. I have a poroblem with Haitians like haitiking who have nothing but hate coming out of their pores and want to blame Dominicans for their sorry state of affairs because we wouldn't remain under their government over 150 yrs ago.
I can tolerate even a 10% increase in haitian population, that's 1 million immigrants, but 3 million is way overboard. That's 33% of our population. Ask the french if its accerptable to them to take in 20 million English in a 10 year period. That's the problem, the Haitian population went from 500,000 in the late 1990's to 3 million illegals today. If you think that's ok why don't you send out an open invitation to Haiti to send at least 1/2 a million to Jamaica. The Bahamians are up in arms over their illegal haitian population. And they never were invaded by haitian armies.

Venganza
Maybe we should join Caricom so they won't accuse us of racism when we try to regulate our own immigration law.

Vascano, that racism bs is all due to the haitians telling people we just consider ourselves Tainos. I keep saying no one is going to deny us our other heritage(European from Spain, Taino from our island). We never deny our black heritage from Africa, we just don't want to be Haitians or to be mixed with their backward asses.

Mwa hahahaha! I love to piss these petites off telling them we don't want to mix with them. It gets. Them in their core. Look how easily Haitiking loses his mind.
Mwa hahahaha!

Haitiking: " I want to see your people in pain, especially your youngs and your b*#ches."

Really haitiqueen? Is that the kind of man or should I say b*tch you are?
You can't keep this animosity between us? I can't stand your guts but that has nothing to do with most Haitians. I have actually known a couple of Haitians and we never had any problems. We agreed on many things, especially not showing a united front to the gringos during the early 20th century when they invaded both our lands.
Anyway my brother from another mother(my mother is white, blonde, farm fed from el Cibao), as I have said before, anytime and place you want to throw hands I will meet you, kick your pure black ass then share a Babancourt with you to celebrate another good asskicking of a Haitian by a Dominican. And if you by some miracle or voodoo hex come out on top we can share a Presidente tres froide.

I don't know how else to explain it to you Spinach, just put yourself in outr position. How would you like if because of a natural disaster in Sto Domingo in the south of the country, 3 million Dominicans. Mostly men, from all over the country showed up in every town and village in Haiti. What would be the reaction of even the most moderate haitian?

Dude, get your history right. Our quarrel is not because of Dominican persecuting the poor defenseless Haitians. On the contrary, it stems from your people constantly violating our national erritory. So go suck an egg, or rather as you would put it s*#k my big brown (the black in me) schwong

Hey venganzaderafael,

After you and the queen kick each other's arses, I don't want either presidente or barbancourt. However, I will stand on the sideline making out with a couples good looking cibaeña of what ever shade!!!!
Let me know when the rumble will effect so I can star sending invitations to a few of the hermosas.

Education in Haiti.

Education levels in Haiti are low.Haiti’s literacy rate of about 53 percent (55 percent for males and 51 percent for females) falls well below the 90 percent average literacy rate for Latin American and Caribbean countries. The country faces shortages in educational supplies and qualified teachers, and the rural population remains underrepresented in the country’s classrooms.


Current State of Education.

Though the Constitution requires that a public education be offered free to all people, the Haitian government has been unable to fulfill this obligation. It spent 10% of government funds for the country's elementary and secondary schools.

Out of the 67% enrollment rate for elementary school, 70% continue on to the third grade. 60% of all students drop out of school before the sixth grade.One of the reasons is the poor quality of the Haitian education sector. Less than 40% of schools are accredited.15% of teachers at the elementary level have basic teaching qualifications, including university degrees. Nearly 25% have not attended secondary school.More than half of the teachers lack the adequate training or had no training at all.Many teachers ended up leaving their profession for alternative better paying jobs instead due to the lack of sufficient government funding as they are either given a meager salary or are not even paid at all. Nonprofit organizations are attempting to improve the education system in Haiti. Programs such as Restavec Freedom Alliance's Community Education Program care providing education to children who would otherwise have no access to free education.

Kompa Promoter Kills Himself in Miami.

MIAMI, USA The Kompa promoter Joseph "Country" Kernizan who has been on the run from police since becoming the prime suspect in the shooting of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend was tracked down by police Miami early Wednesday morning where he shot himself.

Police believed Kernizan was going to try and make a break for Haiti. The man accused of murdering Tracy Bennet and Wayne "Captain Barkey" Hamilton was met up with in Northwest, Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Kernizan had a questionable past. “He has 16 prior arrests,” Lieutenant John Grimpel told the Jamaica Observer in an interview. The charges, Lt Grimpel said, include robbery, assault, forgery, criminal possession of a weapon, and fraud. Last night, Lt Grimpel said that they had video footage of Kernizan that captured by the hotel’s closed circuit TV.

Well its been a week now, any news on the injured airforce officer in this article? Has he positively I'd the assailants? Anybody?
@haitiqueen..... I really hope the situation in Haiti gets better soon so the majority of your people in MY country will go home.

@Haitiking,
If a lot of my people do go over to Haiti I hope they will follow the rule of law and apply for a visa. Your government should insist on this. What is fair is fair.

Bonne fortunne. With the ease in immigrant population tensions and apprehensions on our part will also ease. Hell some sectors may even lament their departure. (Multi-national hoteliers , managers of govt construction projects, food suppliers and others who were making a good living off the excess population.). As I previously posted, I feel we should give legal residence to a percentage of the refugees and certainly to 2nd and 3rd generation descendants of long time immigrant workers to help Haiti and heal old wounds.

U.S. Man Building Orphanage in Haiti Shot in Robbery.

A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti was in critical condition Friday at a hospital in Florida after being robbed and shot in Port-au-Prince.

The Associated Press reports that 50 year old David Bompart was picking up money at a bank in Haiti for an orphanage-building project when robbers sprayed bullets at him at close range. He was hit but able to walk to a Project Medishare for help.

Bompart’s camera and passport were stolen but he was able to keep the money safe in his pants pocket. He was shot in the chest and abdomen.

He underwent two surgeries at Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare before being airlifted to a Miami hospital. A doctor said Bompart has gone into shock multiple times.

He underwent two surgeries at Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare before being airlifted to a Miami hospital. A doctor said Bompart has gone into shock multiple times.

Bompart and his wife have worked in Haiti for years. He managed the warehouse and logistics for Project Medishare and with her they were building an orphanage through money from the couple’s own charity. The couple have 3 kids, including one adopted son from Haiti.

Has the AIDS epidemic been cured in Haiti? That disease is pretty resilient if you ask me.

HIV By the numbers:

AT # 40-HAITI 120,000 people.

AT # 40-TOGO (tie with Haiti) 120,000

AT # 61-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 57,000


nationmaster.com/graph/hea_hiv_aid_peo_liv_wit_hiv_aid-health-hiv-aids-people-living

Sophia Martelly: Haitians "More Open About HIV"

The 19th International AIDS Conference is underway in Washington, D.C. People have come from all over the world to share knowledge and their experiences about fighting AIDS in their countries. Today, we want to focus on Haiti. That nation was considered an epicenter of HIV infection in the early days of the epidemic.

In 1981, the Center for Disease Control listed the groups at risk of catching HIV in the United States as the four H's. I'm using their terms now. That is, homosexuals, hemophiliacs, heroine addicts, and Haitians. At the time, 6 percent of new AIDS cases in the U.S. were among Haitian immigrants, though their numbers in the general population were quite small.

At that time, some experts predicted that as much as a third of Haiti's population could be lost to the disease. But over the years, Haiti built up prevention, treatment, care, and support programs and even had some success reducing the infection rate, despite being one of the poorest countries in the world.

Still, the World Health Organization reports that prior to that devastating earthquake in January of 2010, there were 120,000 people living with HIV in Haiti. THOSE FIGURES ACCOUNTED FOR ALMOST HALF OF ALL HIV positive people in the Caribbean. Haiti's first lady, Sophia Martelly, spoke at the International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. earlier this week.

Hahahahahaha. That must have been some hangover.

What's the matter haitik, didn't like those figures?or the 4 H's?
Actually that is nothing to laugh about. I asked about the virus situation sincerely not trying to be funny. Our countries are connected by land, what sickens one side will spread to the other .
This is a mutual problem.

Happy to see progress happening in Haiti. Hope the tourism continues to pick up. Hope our countries can promote the other in tourism as that article of a few weeks back reported.

Just do us a favor, as things improve and more jobs are created, can you call on your people in DR to come back to Haiti. At least 1/2 going back voluntary will go a long way for better relations. That might give us the breathing room we need to do something for our citizens.

Spinach your hate will consume you. Its not good for the soul brother.
With the amount of Haitians living illegally in the country the number of Dominicans that feel as you do will increase. Both extremists ( your hatred makes you one ) will only lead us to war and ruin. Due to proximity it is impossible not to have any interaction. Especially now with the massive immigration from Haiti to DR the last few years. It takes two to quarrel. We have rightful resentment from almost 60 years of invasions from your ancestors. This resentment led to the massacre of '37 for which you now have resentment.

Well mon enami, we can continue perpetuating the resentments and stereotypes or we can try to begin a new chapter in our relations. It is up to us adults to teach our children not to continue the hate. Both our history books perpetuate this hate (where did you learn yours? ). What will you teach your children?

The veracity and accuracy of Haitiantoday reports have been criticized as outdated
Michell Martelly won the elections on May 14, 2011.
Since then:
On On 11/23/2012 President Martelly Frontman, Roro Nelson, Found Guilty in U.S. Court
On 10/1/2012 Haitian Consul for Investment Arrested in Atlanta for Auto Theft.
On 6/11/2012 State Officials Arrested for Embezzling Education Funds.
On 5/16/2012 U.S. Customs Bust Cocaine Smuggler Traveling from Haiti.
On 5/16/2012 Haiti: Five Family Members of Activist Leader Murdered.
Just a few examples have been provided,they're all over the net for anyone to verify.

The only thing into question is some of the characters playing in the "transparency" of the new Haitian government.

The Editor.

Now,more details:

President Martelly Frontman, Roro Nelson, Found Guilty in U.S. Court.

BOSTON, USA - A close friend and member of President Michel Martelly's security detail will not be seen in the entourage of the president having been found guilty in a United States court and placed on probation and passport confiscated.

Ronald "Roro" Nelson was found guilty in the Dorchester Civil Court in Boston, Massachusetts by a jury of 12 presided by Judge David Poole.

Dozens of supports of Nelson and Michel Martelly were on hand at the sentencing, chanting in support for the defendant even to the point of requiring Judge Poole to say that the Haitians had to learn to be good and behave in court and that he would not tolerate disruptions and disturbances and would take drastic steps to maintain order.

The Crime

Plaintiff Astride Pantal, 45, testified that she had tried to collect a debt of $3,000.00 US from the defendant, Mr. Nelson.
Pantal stepped up her attempts when she learned that Nelson's friend, a former entertainer named "Sweet Micky" would be the next president of the republic of Haiti and that Nelson would have had a position in the government.
Following numerous attempts, defendant Ronald Nelson had agreed to meet the plaintiff in front of his residence at 7:00 PM. She says she waited 10 hours and Nelson had not appeared. Nelson asked her to wait and finally arrived by the 11th hour.

Court records say that a violent altercation broke out that began verbal. Nelson landed a violent slap and ripped synthetic hair from the victims scalp. The victim's skirt had been ripped and she was stabbed with car keys on her cheek.

Nelson was found guilty on two counts, assault and assault with a deadly weapon. The defense said that it was Ms. Pantal who had attacked Nelson but information had surfaced that found that Nelson was perhaps intoxicated during the event.

The Sentence

With seven votes, jurors found the defendant guilty. He is sentenced to twelve months of probation and must report regularly to a probation officer for the first four months.

Furthermore, Nelson had his passport confiscated and may not leave the city with approval from his probation officer.

Canadian Aid Worker Shot in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Canadian national was shot last weekend when attacked by gunmen in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital.Francklin Guerrier, a retired lawyer from Montreal and Director of a humanitarian organization Ayiti Dwa Moun (Haiti Human Rights), was assaulted by gunfire in Port-au-Prince.

Going along with a friend, Francklin Guerrier was wounded in the collarbone while his friend, whose identity is unknown, dies from his injuries.

Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation of Canada, said in a statement that the Canadian government "provides support to Mr. Guerrier family “Our government is working with consular officials to ensure that the family receives support in this time of need”, she says.

According to witnesses, the two men were attacked by men on a motorcycle. The reasons for the attack remains so far unexplained. Mr. Guerrier is in stable condition.