Tensions have escalated between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The neighboring countries are now in a serious dispute over water rights. The Dominican government sealed the border and stopped issuing visas to all Haitian citizens until the dispute is resolved.
Port-au-Prince, Sept 13 (EFE).- The Haitian government announced Wednesday that a meeting would be held in Santo Domingo to resolve the conflict over the construction by Haiti of a canal to take water from the Masacre River on the border between the two countries. “The governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic have decided by …
Haiti is administratively divided into 10 departments, which are subdivided into districts, each of which has communes. The communes are in turn divided into community sections, and these are made up of neighborhoods. According to Haitian and international humanitarian and human rights organizations working in Haiti, this administrative structure may vary and there can be additional or different subdivisions in some places, for example in densely populated or large communes, where residents