2023-10-13 15:57:20
Dominican soldiers on the bridge that crosses the border between Haiti and Dajabón, in the Dominican Republic, Wednesday, October 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández)
PORT-AU-PRINCE.- Haiti this Friday kept its border closed for trade with the Dominican Republic despite the latter relaxing the measures adopted almost a month ago in retaliation for the construction of a canal that seeks to divert water from the border river Masacre to Haitian territory.
Dominican merchants appeared this Friday, as planned, at the binational market in Dajabón (northwestern Dominican Republic), the one with the greatest commercial activity on the border, but Haiti did not open the gate that connects this province with Juana Méndez, making entry to Dominican territory impossible. of its citizens.
Haiti adopted a similar position on Wednesday, in the restart of trade, although limited, arranged by the Dominican Government through what it called “commercial corridors”, under strong security controls.
In brief statements to the press this Friday, the mayor of Dajabón, Santiago Riverón, said that “everything is clear” for the restart of the market, but that Haitians have not been able to cross because the neighboring country did not open the border gate. , so the market is carried out with a few Dominicans.
On September 15, the Dominican Government completely closed the border with Haiti, one of several measures adopted in rejection of the construction of a canal that seeks to divert water from the Masacre border river to Haitian territory, an issue that even both nations They debated yesterday at the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Dominican Republic assures that the canal would leave the Laguna Saladillo wetland (one of the main ones in the country and the region) without a water source, would affect thousands of hectares of land on both sides of the border and would threaten the lives of people on both sides. due to the eventual flooding of the river, he stressed.
It also ensures that the work does not have technical studies that support its construction and allow establishing the objectives and impact of the project.
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