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02-22-2007, 02:20 PM
Puerto Rican politician Antonio Silva is pushing the idea of taxing remittances that Dominicans in Puerto Rico send to their relatives in the DR. This could discourage Dominicans from using transfer services to send their remittances. Saul Perez from the Dominican Human Rights Committee pointed out that if Silva's proposal becomes reality Dominicans will revert back to the old, informal but trusted system of using "messengers" to send their money. As well as affecting Dominicans, the move would also affect Puerto Ricans who have children and family in the Dominican Republic, said Perez.
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