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Added on the 28/08/2015 21:37:19 - Copyright : Euronews EN
While tension and violence caused by criminal gangs persist in Haiti's capital, in the border province of Dajabon, in the Dominican Republic, commercial exchange continues as normal. Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, has been in turmoil for years with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence that has left its economy and public health system in tatters. IMAGES
Members of the Specialized Corps for Land Border Security (Cesfront) of the Dominican Republic guard the border with Haiti, which was closed immediately after the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moise. IMAGES
Tilory, Haiti, May 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Orlando Barria and Manuel Perez) Groups of children in grubby clothes beg for money as they flank the all-terrain vehicles patrolling the impoverished villages dotted along the mountain highway on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border. FOOTAGE OF THE SITUATION IN THE HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER
Jimaní (Dominican Republic), May 11 (EFE).- (Camera: Orlando Barría and Manuel Pérez) The Dominican Republic has already built 23 kilometres of a fence on the border with Haiti.Works began before President Luis Abinader announced his plans to erect a fence along the entire dividing line to curb immigration and smuggling.FOOTAGE OF THE FENCE IN JIMANI AND COMENDADOR.
Dajabón (Dominican Republic), May 10 (EFE).- (Camera: Manuel Pérez/Orlando Barría) In the crowded corridors of the Dominican market of Dajabón, of vital importance for the supply of food to the north of Haiti, many disagree with the Dominican government's plans to put up a fence on the dividing line between the two countries.FOOTAGE OF THE DAJABÓN BINATIONAL MARKET, THE ENTRY OF HAITIAN TRADERS IN DAJABÓN, THE CODEVI INDUSTRIAL PARK, IN OUANAMINTHE
At least four people are dead after Hurricane Matthew swept through the Dominican Republic. Paul Chapman reports.