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06-05-2007, 02:30 PM
Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso traveled to Paama for the 37th General Assembly and used the Organization of American States (OAS) forum to defend the DR's image. Morales denounced a supposed anti-defamation campaign against the DR on migration issues with Haiti. The foreign minister was attending a meeting of foreign ministers, and also defended the country against claims made in a documentary film that claims that the DR practiced modern day slavery against Haitians. He called the claims unfounded and exaggerated. Afterwards Morales met with his colleague, Haitian Foreign Minister Jean Renalde Clarisme to continue discussions on the subject. Last month a documentary, Slaves in Paradise, was released in France claiming that the DR practiced modern slavery against Haitian laborers. The film caused a firestorm of opinions.
This comes as France continues to distance itself from the events. French ambassador in the DR Cecille Pozo di Borgo, who says she has not seen the film, says that Americans living in France, and not Frenchmen, produced the film that she says was promoted by a non-governmental organization and had multiple sponsorships. The ambassador has distanced the French government from the film. The ambassador said she had sent her government the 16 May Congressional resolution that rejected the content of the documentary on grounds of defamation and damage to the country's image.
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This comes as France continues to distance itself from the events. French ambassador in the DR Cecille Pozo di Borgo, who says she has not seen the film, says that Americans living in France, and not Frenchmen, produced the film that she says was promoted by a non-governmental organization and had multiple sponsorships. The ambassador has distanced the French government from the film. The ambassador said she had sent her government the 16 May Congressional resolution that rejected the content of the documentary on grounds of defamation and damage to the country's image.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)