sugar: Haitia and The Dominican Republic

So Trujillo tried to cover his tracks but he was discovered anyway. A group of men prepared to assassinate him. The men succeeded in doing so, but their actions led the country to chaos. The Haitians in the west were having presidential problems as well. The current president Stenito Vincent was lax to the ideas of Haitians being killed. The Haitian people did not like his attitude.
There does exist a small town in the Dominican Republic called Little Haiti. There Haitian merchant and Dominicans converge to trade, sell, and buy things. The town harbors the same mistreatment and racial conflict between Haitians. Crime, poverty, and crime is rampant in the town. But, trust and love exists between the neighbors, Dominican and Haitian alike. The town was bred from the immense migration of Haitian workers. These workers came over to work on the sugar cane farms. But, the farm owners and government were well known for their mistreatment of workers. These cane cutters work for near little and are constantly exploited. Dominican workers often dislike these Haitian workers because they are taking jobs. The government has a love and hate relationship between the Haitians.
The government of the Dominican Republic fears the Haitian migrants for a number of reasons: they are a weight load on the government, they are met with disdain from some Dominicans, and some very crazy politicians fear the Haitians could take over the country. But Santo Domingo and Little Haiti reflect the ideals of the Dominican people and government. Not all Dominicans “hate” Haitians, and not all of them are mistreated. The racial, social, religious, and political aspects of either country still exists in these areas, but, the complications are also numerous.

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"In this world of merchants and refugees, he is a hero of sorts, even to those who warn he is a moun fou. Instead of a lost soul in the streets, a man with nothing, soemone who achieved great things...(Wucker91)."

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These merchants from Haiti enter a strange world. The world they enter has people that do not want them there, and the world they came from is not an ideal place to live. They are now live in a limbo. However, even a man they lable a moun fou(crazy man), is a hero to them. This man has escaped the tragdies and heartaches they face, he has escaped reality.