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08-31-2009, 05:00 PM
Speaking at the Encounter for a Strategy for Haitian Recovery in Santo Domingo, Haiti's Northeastern Department senator, Rudolph H. Boulos stressed the impact of Dominican remittances into Haiti. He estimated these are at US$500 million a year and have a considerable impact. Speaking in his own name, he said he is grateful for the jobs his countrymen hold in the DR. He praised the friendship that unites both countries.
Those meeting at the event called for the drafting of a strategic plan that would bring about a true national dialogue to put the stakeholders of Haitian to seek consensus necessary to change government structures. He said recommended adopting measures for equaility men and women, a national security strategy, and efforts to drastically reduce economic disparities, as reported in El Caribe.
Former Haitian ambassador Jean Bertin accused the government of Haiti of not defining a policy to take advantage of the spirit of collaboration that prevails in the DR, within both the Dominican government and the Dominican people. Bertin said that on the contrary, representatives of the Haitian government are destroying their own country because they are creating frictions among both peoples in Dominican territory, which only makes matters worse.
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Those meeting at the event called for the drafting of a strategic plan that would bring about a true national dialogue to put the stakeholders of Haitian to seek consensus necessary to change government structures. He said recommended adopting measures for equaility men and women, a national security strategy, and efforts to drastically reduce economic disparities, as reported in El Caribe.
Former Haitian ambassador Jean Bertin accused the government of Haiti of not defining a policy to take advantage of the spirit of collaboration that prevails in the DR, within both the Dominican government and the Dominican people. Bertin said that on the contrary, representatives of the Haitian government are destroying their own country because they are creating frictions among both peoples in Dominican territory, which only makes matters worse.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)