Studying the DR-CAFTA

[NewsWhore]

A group of US legislators, mostly Democrats, is expected in the country today to study the situation in the country's bateyes (cane cutter settlements) and to determine the positive/negative effects that DR-CAFTA will have on the country. Democrat Congressman Eliot Engle from New York will be heading the delegation. Listin Diario reports that the visit could be in response to lobbying by pro-Haitian groups in the US that campaign against what they describe as conditions of slavery experienced by Haitians in the DR. The group is due to meet with President Leonel Fernandez and will also meet with Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso.

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