Dominican Republic - Haiti

Here is a picture of the border between Haiti and Dominican Republic on a market day. Market Day in Dajabon allows Haitians and Dominicans to buy and sell their products freely. The border betweenHaiti and Dominican Republic is closely monitored however, that does not prevent Haitians from crossing the border on a regular basis in search of job

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There is an allegation of Kickbacks reported by Dominican Journalist Nuria Piera between the Haitian President Michel Martelly and Dominican Senator Felix Bautista.

According to Dominican Investigative Journalist Nuria Piera, there has been large amount of money exchanged not only with the Haitian president Michel Martelly buralso with the former Candidate Mirlande Manigat. The report indicated that President Michel Martelly received at least $$2.5 million in the form of Kickbacks by a Dominican construction firm owned by Dominican Senator Felix Bautista.

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Here is a picture of several hundreds of Haitians crossing the border to the Haiti Dominican Republic Border crossing for the Market day in Dajabon. On the day of the market, people are able to cross the border freely until sun down

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Here is a picture of several Haitian nationals in the process of loading a truck in a sugar cane field. The Haitians are often working form sun rise to sunset in these batey field as sugar cane worker. This a job that no too many Dominicans want to do themselves

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In this picture, several Haitians are crossing the Haiti- Dominican Republic border illigally. These Haitians are in search of jobs in the Dominican Republic because their country does not offer them an opportunuty to make a living

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Here is a picture of A Haitians immigrant working in a field of sugar cane in Batey. Haitians often travel to their neighboring country Dominican Republic to work as sugar cane worker. They earn very mininal amount of money for this back breaking job

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The Haitian president Michel Martelly has completely denied kickbacks received from a Dominican construction firm owned by Dominican Senator Felix Bautista for his campaign. In a report conducted by Dominican investigative journalist Nuria Piera there is an allegation that Michel Martelly received at least 2.5 million in kickback
According to Michel Martelly: This is a campaign of character assassination and an attack on my integrity and to also hinder modernization and development of Haiti. The Haitian president has been dealing with several issues since he began his presidency. There have been accusation and allegation of Haiti President Michel Martelly's identity, nationality, and recently bribe, corruption and kickbacks charges

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Here is a photo of a potential Child trafficker. This gentheman is likely to be trafficking Haitian Children In the Dominican Republic. The children are often sold in the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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Here is a picture of several haitians lining on the road in a Dominican road. They are waiting for a bus that is supposed to take them to a Sugar Cane field in Batey to spend the day working

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Here is a picture of the border crossing between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This is a crossing in direction of Haiti, after leaving the Dominican Republic. As you can see, there are not too many action io this direction

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