generoso previously said:

The relations between the DR and the USA lately have been "cooling" and the spiraling downturn is worrying many political analysts and observers.
The DR was given the "cold shoulder" for the Obama inauguration, and did not attend.
There is no US ambassador nominee, no new suggestions or scuttlebutt of possible candidates for the job and the US embassy remains headless.
Recently DR president Leonel Fernandez was publicly shunned from a regional meeting with other Central American dignitaries.
The drug lord captain Quirino Paulino, who is currently in Federal witness protection, snitched on his accomplices but their identities still remain a mystery and no one knows who the other "20 big fish" politicians and military where and what their specific involvement was.
Many DR high officials and military have had their US visa taken away permanently.
President Fernandez is buddy buddies with Hugo Chavez and recently went to pay homage and render his affections, in well publicized visit to Fidel Castro, where the two praised each other.
The Inter American Development bank (IAD) claims that they do not have the funds to increase the regional banks capital, because the donor nations (The USA mainly) have been "stalling".
There is much pressure from DC for the legalization and documentation of Haitian illegals as DR citizens.

What is going on behind the curtains?

anthonyC previously said:

Anybody who thought that the election of Obama would be good for the D.R. is a fool.

He is protectionist and pro-Haitian. Expect the haitian "Slavery" issue to come to the forefront of the administration's agenda later this year. The prep-work is being done as we post.

Kendrick Meek, a US representative from South Florida and a Obama suck up, has announced that he will run for the US Senate and Haiti will be high on his agenda as any Democrat politician from South Florida will do.

anthonyC previously said:

Anybody who thought that the election of Obama would be good for the D.R. is a fool.

He is protectionist and pro-Haitian. Expect the haitian "Slavery" issue to come to the forefront of the administration's agenda later this year. The prep-work is being done as we post.

Kendrick Meek, a US representative from South Florida and a Obama suck up, has announced that he will run for the US Senate and Haiti will be high on his agenda as any Democrat politician from South Florida will do.

Manhattanite previously said:

A funny thing is I picked up some DR papers at the bodega last week. While everyone here was baselessly expressing paranoia about the toothless commission that visited from US, the paper (el Nacional, not exactly the highbrow paper) had an opinion that surely the visitors would see and report that Haitians are treated better here than back home...a bit optimistic surely, but the point is the paper withholds its negative judgment until they publish a report. That is, they wait for circumstances to match their fears instead of engaging in paranoia so abundant on our forum. If you guys are riht they would sell more papers being fearful demagogues, glad to see them take the high road...

generoso previously said:


As you know, since you were here, and you had direct knowledge, the tiny country of Dominican Republic stood up with their proud bare chest to the mighty USA in Apri 1965 when they invaded
the DR capital and country and Dominicans said "Basta Ya" ( No More) and made a stubborn stand against the mightiest and best equipped army in the world, stopping them in their tracks.
There is no question that the US could have wiped out and killed every soldier and civilian commando holding out in the tiny section of the city that the constitutionalist forces were holding.
But they didn't, and why did they stopped the planned offensive and city take over the 14 th, 15 th and 16 th of June?
Because of the Dominican resolve to fight to the death if they had to and not surrender. That was the slogan. And the constitutionalist forces would have also blown up all the banks and important businesses at the heart of the old city since they were all dynamited as a preventive measure.
Dominicans are a proud nation and we are a peace loving country as well, and God help those that try to harm us or invade us because we have a great resolve and determination on our side.