Dominican Republic – Page 2

Poverty fuels the Dominican-Haitian conflict

January 21, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The dispute on the status of descendants of Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic is now the subject of negotiations hosted by Nicolas Maduro.

Dominican court strips Haitian migrants of citizenship

October 25, 2013 By Emile Schepers

On September 25, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic decreed that between 200,000 and 300,000 persons born in the Dominican Republic of Haitian parentage must be stripped of their Dominican citizenship and the rights that...

Hugo Chavez and Yewri Guillen: two lives connected

March 19, 2013 By Neil Parthun

The late Hugo Chavez and the late Yewri Guillen were both Latin Americans who, although they never knew each other and came from different countries, are deeply connected.

World Notes

February 2, 2010 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

In World Notes this week: Canada, South Africa, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Cuba, Afghanistan.

World Notes: Australia, Kenya, Dominican Republic, France, Iraq, Jordan, Cuba

November 12, 2009 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Iraq, Jordan: Water shortages weigh heavily Southern Iraq is so short of drinking water, according to Azzaman News, that the government has prevailed upon Iran to supply fresh water via tanker ships.