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Is the Dominican Haitian border as unique as we think it is?
Posted by Molano in Perspectives on October 19th, 2009
Pedernales - Anse a Pitre Border. Photo by Andy Wilson.
By Sebastian Molano
Those of us who have had the privilege of knowing the area which geographically divides Haiti and the Dominican Republic are continually intoxicated with the sensation of experimenting with a reality completely different from anywhere else on earth. Certainly the isolated situation of these two nations, the undeniable reality of Haiti and the possibility of intervening in the dynamics of the frontier from the Dominican side, can both contribute to and exacerbate the existing conditions of this border.
However, is the Dominican Haitian border as unique as we think it is?
