Dominican anti-haitianism between modernity and Sentence 168/13: an approximation to the historical roots of the Haitian-Dominican conflict
In 2013, a debate began at the international level that focused on the attention of two Caribbean countries: Haiti and Dominican Republic. This dispute originated within the framework of Sentence 168/13, in which it was intended to deprive Dominican citizens of those persons who had been registered...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RIHALC/article/view/17028 |
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| Sumario: | In 2013, a debate began at the international level that focused on the attention of two Caribbean countries: Haiti and Dominican Republic. This dispute originated within the framework of Sentence 168/13, in which it was intended to deprive Dominican citizens of those persons who had been registered in an irregular manner, with special reference to those of Haitian origin (Sentence No. 168/13, Dominican Republic, 2013). Although in recent decades the government of the Dominican Republic has implemented a series of restrictive measures against Dominican descendants of Haitian immigrants, they are part of a more complex historical framework that carries its consequences to the present day. The implementation of Dominican anti-haitian state policies anchors their origins in the same formation of the National States, whereas the decade of the 90's and the new millennium in the Dominican Republic were the scene of a process of reconfiguration of that antihaitianism like state politics giving new ways of addressing Haiti's “issue”. This paper reflects on some of the most relevant historical processes in both countries, which help to understand the Dominican anti-haitian state building. It also attempts to specify the main political responses the Dominican Republic drew up in relation to the Haitian presence, from the colonial period to the neoliberal opening in the late 1980s. |
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