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04-14-2008, 01:30 PM
Faced with rising tensions in Haiti, the Dominican Armed Forces has tested its plans for the evacuation of personnel through the frontier. Working together with United Nations peacekeeping troops in Haiti, the Dominican Specialized Frontier Security Corps (Cesfront) went through the protocols for evacuating international personnel and Haitian nationals in case the violence reaches crisis levels. The plans involve coordination between UN troops in Haiti who will escort evacuees to the frontier where they will be met by Cesfront troops and taken to Santo Domingo by helicopters and ground transport. Haitian nationals will be received, classified and checked by units from Immigration, the Public Health Ministry and the International Red Cross. Even members of the UN troops will have to go through the immigration process. El Nuevo Diario followed the practice run up close, and reported on the use of counter-terrorism troops in the operation, which began in the southwestern Dominican border town of Jimani.
The crisis in neighboring Haiti has led the Haitian Senate to give a vote of censure to the Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, forcing a reshuffling of President Rene Preval's cabinet. The violence, fired by high food prices and shortages, has shaken the country, and forced the Dominican government to take precautions along the frontier. Preval has ordered a lower price for rice, and announced that he would seek a "consensus" nominee for Prime Minister. The violence in Haiti has led the United States to order its citizens to evacuate the country, and at least one United Nations soldier was killed in the rioting.
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The crisis in neighboring Haiti has led the Haitian Senate to give a vote of censure to the Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, forcing a reshuffling of President Rene Preval's cabinet. The violence, fired by high food prices and shortages, has shaken the country, and forced the Dominican government to take precautions along the frontier. Preval has ordered a lower price for rice, and announced that he would seek a "consensus" nominee for Prime Minister. The violence in Haiti has led the United States to order its citizens to evacuate the country, and at least one United Nations soldier was killed in the rioting.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)