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Local January 26, 2011 | 8:33 am

Clashes between Dominicans and Haitians nothing new

Santo Domingo.- Scuffles and confrontations between Dominicans and Haitians who live in the country legally or not are neither recent nor chance cases.

The clashes have left dozens dead, hundreds injured and dozens of houses set afire.

The recent and most frequent cases occur as the tide of Haitian immigration swells, which in turn stokes friction in the already overcrowded barrios... Read more