Dominican Republic in hot water with CARICOM

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Using its strongest language to date, the Caribbean Community issued a stern statement Tuesday condemning the recent Constitutional Court decision in the Dominican Republic that could strip hundreds of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their nationality.

Following a special session in Port of Spain of the CARICOM Heads of Government chaired by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the regional body issued a statement officially condemning the ruling and calling it “abhorrent and discriminatory.”

Most crucially, the regional body said it would “suspend consideration” of the Dominican Republic’s request for full membership in CARICOM.

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24 Comments

  1. June 24, 2017

    :) give those racial Dr people a taste of there own medicine.don’t let them become a member of caricom.colin

  2. Jennifer
    November 29, 2013

    I want the rest of the Caribbean to know.TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND TELL ME DO YOU THINK IT”S RIGHT.
    http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1064370

  3. funny
    November 28, 2013

    I utterly detest then somebody is discriminated…but lets look closely…such things happen in many many places and more often that you imagine. Look USA practice extremely inhuman practice of separating and deporting families which probably lived 20-30 years in the USA….NOBODY cries out ohhh Estados Unidos bad bad racist etc…why your local politicians are silent? why? no balls to tell to first black president of the USA that his country practicing extremely inhuman things? …

    PS DNO is this comment too much and prefer not publish?

    • possi born
      November 29, 2013

      utter rubbish,the people who is oppose to Barak Obama presidency will do anything in their effort to make him look bad.President Obama is just one man,and therule of low is not in his hands to stop the Deportation.dont mix the two issues.how will the Dominican republic feel if all the people of Dominican heritage or decent were denied their nationality of birth in all countries and sent back to the Dominican republic

  4. sentient
    November 28, 2013

    Awesome Caricom. About time this blatant racist scourge right there in the Caribbean is condemned. The Dominicanos have a real problem with black skin. The irony is almost half of them are black. Real self hatred right there.

  5. thebushmaninda
    November 28, 2013

    As a Caricom citizen it makes me proud to see Caricom respond with such strong conviction. I believe the D/R to be a net exporter of its citizen to the Caricom, this is leverage which should be used. As far as possible the governments of Caricom should imposed the sanctions it can. Throughout the 60’s, 70’s 80’s and 90’s we imposed the harshest sanctions on South Africa to end a certain kind of injustice, when this kind of injustice raises it ugly head good men and women must speak out and act up. I thank the heads of Caricom for doing just that. I also want to thank Dr.Ralph Gonzales prime minister of St. Vincent for push the point.

  6. Justice and Truth
    November 28, 2013

    Many of us could have relatives in Dominican Republic, Haiti. I have heard stories of relatives who went to Dominican Republic before I was born; before my parents were married. Those relatives did not return to Dominica. Consider they had children, grand children and great grand children including other relatives.
    Dominican Republic better consider itself in hot water for some of its nationals are residing in Dominica and elsewhere in the Caribbean.
    Those governments should retaliate and immediately send them all packing back to their country. This is the only medicine for them, for the government of D.R., Haiti to learn a good lesson.
    This is what governments do to their nationals when such people as Dom. Rep. step out of bounds and are heartless.
    It is obvious that Dom. Rep. did not consider its nationals that are residing in other countries. Foolish government. They should be reminded about that.

  7. MeCamem
    November 27, 2013

    In New York, I have met no other people who are more senseless that these damn Dominican Republic nationals. Particularly when they tell me I am not Black, I am Dominican: Though I can understand their rational for running away like Sammy Sosa the baseball player who painted his skin white; because of the extreme racism and slavery like condition they face in that poor and desolate country.

    There is so much racism against Black people in the Dominican Republic that the Caribbean Community should use this opportunity to press the junta, not only about nationality, but also the treatment of those of African descent in that country.

    But the truth is the truth, and he who is without sin let him cast the first stone: I was so disappointed with the way I saw our Haitian brothers and sisters being treated in Dominica, while the idiots were treating the Dominican Republic women like princesses even if they broke up marriages, and bled the pockets of so many men who did not take care of their children, but found some way to give it up to these light- skinned women: Part the self hatred instilled in us: Black people.

    How different are you, based on how you have treated your Haitian brothers and sisters in Dominica, from these racists in the Dominican Republic?

  8. Love I
    November 27, 2013

    Now the Spanish coming here and doing what dey want….dey do not like black people, but dey doing everything with d black man…magwaysa….

  9. Mee too
    November 27, 2013

    I would like to suggest – returning all Dominicanos/canas backt o their country if they continue to treat our Haitian Brothers and Sister with such disgrace

  10. block 44
    November 27, 2013

    very good caricom,haitians are people too.the santos like to come to other peoples country and receive nationality ,but they are discriminating against the haitians because they are black.stand up my people for the haitians.

  11. Frank Talker
    November 27, 2013

    What? You serious? CARICOM can do that? But we are frequently counselled in Dominica that we must respect the decisions of the Courts and refrain from speaking contrary to the Courts decision and that the Courts are an august body of noble men! I often hear the SC (senior cunt) threatening to take people before the Courts when these people question the decision of judges and magistrates. But now I see CARIOM condemning a Court ruling in the DR and threatening to prevent the DR from joining CARICOM. Wow!! This is very interesting.

    • john brown
      November 27, 2013

      fool they are not questioning the court they are questioning the decision taken by the dominican republic.shooks man.

      • ()
        November 27, 2013

        @john brown I think you are the fool. He is correct re what he has written. I hear that almost on a daily basis, here in Dominica.

    • Justice and Truth
      November 28, 2013

      That Court’s decision is discriminatory. After all those years those people are residing in Haiti? This is a sick government.
      All world governments and nationals of every country have reason to get angry with Haiti and chastise this Haitian government.
      Consider the millions of dollars, if not billions that were raised for Haiti from all over the world after the earthquake. Talk of ungratefulness. This government should be punished.

      • budman
        November 29, 2013

        I think you meant to say Dom Rep rather than Haiti

    • SMDFH
      November 28, 2013

      Maybe if u read more and understood the issues, like what the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas is all about and understood the issue at hand u would be able to provide a more educated response!

  12. budman
    November 27, 2013

    well done Caricom. we need to bury them in sanctions until they reverse this nonsensical court ruling.

  13. I'mWondering
    November 27, 2013

    Time for the Dominican govt to take a stance on this.

    It is wrong.

    i have yet to see any article on DNO with any political person voicing an opinion.

    it’s time DNO do the work – it’s not only about politics on the local scale.

    we need to know their stance internationally – because they have to stand for soemthing.

    • right-on
      November 28, 2013

      To “i’m wondering” you’ve made a remarkable point, and i don’t know why more dominicans didn’t support your comment more. you said “i have yet to see any article on DNO with any political person voicing an opinion.” highlights on “any political person”, too many of our so called politicians in d/ca only concentrate on the petty issues we face daily for example…a road, a bridge, a few installed street lights, a pit latrine. these are so not of paramount importance. i would like to also hear the comments of both the ruling party, and of the opposition on this matter. more on the opposition, mainly because they are the ones who want so badly to be in power, so lennox here’s a chance. tell us something, how whould you respond to this situation. make a “professional comment” Hon.skerrit as well. and now let the people of d/ca decide for themselves who is the better man for the job. not just speaking into the air of 5000 jobs…being so baseless and un-realistic. defend our country and its citizens. not just about pit latrines, represent us on a regional and international forum. and in addition to all what was said i would think it proper that the president himself take a stance on this matter. we should move away from the orthodoxial system which allows our president to be effective in the back seat. we need to create our own system (governmental) and be our own nation. stand and show the world that we are Dominicans, the best nation not just in the caribbean, but in the world… viva Dominica! 万岁万岁万万岁多米尼克!!vive a Dominique!! live Dominica live!!

  14. Jennifer
    November 27, 2013

    The people of the Dominican Republic must understand that Hispaniola was one country before the Spanish introduced disease and slavery into the island.
    Then the war of 1697 between Spain and France divided the island into Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
    The Haitian people are in distress due to natural disaster and the same thing can happen to anyone of the Caribbean islands in an instant.
    Dominicana’s have not have a natural disaster in the last how many years and they are still all over in every one’s else’s country. They have taken over parts of St. Thomas, Antigua, Bahamas, Florida, the Bronx, Manhattan NY.
    Majority of people on welfare in New York are Dominicanos. Our tax money feed them and their ten and twelve children which they use as collateral to bleed the government and no one is upset about that.
    SO WHY?
    I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW! follow this link http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1063829
    if it does not take you to the link then google this (Haitians Genocide In The Dominican Republic)

    • toni
      November 27, 2013

      less we forget the nature isle poor as it poor has over10000 mking up our populace

      • Jennifer
        November 27, 2013

        So what we ourselves are all over the place making up someone else’s populace. I am Dominican and I have been living abroad for the last 30 years and I have never experienced what they are going through. SO WHAT!

  15. true
    November 27, 2013

    yes, way to go CARICOM

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