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10-07-2009, 04:50 PM
Families evicted from Los Haitises National Park 17 years ago are asking the government for the RD$22 million in compensation that was promised to them in the 2009 budget. Spokesman Juan Castro says that 1,600 of the 2,320 families have not received any of the money they were promised. Castro said that a total of RD$26 million was allocated, but only RD$9 million was handed out and in 2009 an additional RD$26 million was allocated but only RD$4 million has been handed over. The clearing out process began in 1992 and representatives of the families also say that they have yet to be given the housing that government promised them. Since 1992 government has paid out an estimated RD$43 million to families, which is roughly 28% of the promised amount.
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