NewsWhore
05-26-2009, 03:30 PM
Vice President Rafael Alburquerque reported last night that following a meeting at the Haitian border town of Malpasse, freight transport leaders from Haiti and the Dominican Republic have reached a provisional agreement that the Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will review today. Dominican Ambassador in Haiti Ruben Silie served as mediator between the Dominican and Haitian truckers.
In Dajabon where some 30 trucks are still stuck, the bi-national market went on without any major problems and eight trucks and pickups, including a container loaded with food supplies, appliances and other merchandise crossed the frontier without any problems.
Although the Fenatrado members in the area did not resist, they criticized the Customs authorities in Dajabon for allowing the Haitian vehicles to cross the border outside of the hours established for market days. The Bishop of the Mao-Montecristi diocese, Diomedes Espinal and the Haitian consul in Dajabon, Jean Baptiste Biexi-Aime, both called on the parties to engage in constructive dialogue in order to settle their differences.
Haitian truckers have been using violence to discourage Fenatrado union truckers from carrying cargo to Haiti. They demand 50% of the cargo or a RD$4,000 penalty to allow Dominican truckers the right to travel within Haiti. Fenatrado truckers have a virtual monopoly on trucking in the DR, also using violent methods to discourage companies from transporting their own cargo.
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In Dajabon where some 30 trucks are still stuck, the bi-national market went on without any major problems and eight trucks and pickups, including a container loaded with food supplies, appliances and other merchandise crossed the frontier without any problems.
Although the Fenatrado members in the area did not resist, they criticized the Customs authorities in Dajabon for allowing the Haitian vehicles to cross the border outside of the hours established for market days. The Bishop of the Mao-Montecristi diocese, Diomedes Espinal and the Haitian consul in Dajabon, Jean Baptiste Biexi-Aime, both called on the parties to engage in constructive dialogue in order to settle their differences.
Haitian truckers have been using violence to discourage Fenatrado union truckers from carrying cargo to Haiti. They demand 50% of the cargo or a RD$4,000 penalty to allow Dominican truckers the right to travel within Haiti. Fenatrado truckers have a virtual monopoly on trucking in the DR, also using violent methods to discourage companies from transporting their own cargo.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)