The US Department of State has officially announced that Deputy Secretary Wendy R. Sherman will be visiting the country as part of a trip that is also taking her to Argentina.
The US Department of State says that the visits to the Dominican Republic and Argentina are to underscore the United States’ “strong bilateral relationships with key partners while furthering our shared interest in advancing democracy, prosperity and security in our hemisphere.”
The visit to the Dominican Republic and Argentina comes after Republican Representative Salazar inquired with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about major Chinese infrastructure in Argentina and about a travel alert issued for the Dominican Republic.
The US State Department announced:
“In the Dominican Republic, Deputy Secretary Sherman will meet with President Luis Abinader, Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez, and other senior officials. Their discussions will reinforce our strong and enduring bilateral ties across a broad range of issues, including the urgent situation in Haiti. The Deputy Secretary will also engage the Dominican Republic’s diverse civil society, including alumni of US government fellowship and leadership programs. Her visit follows that of Special Presidential Advisor for the Americas Chris Dodd, who participated in the 25 March Ibero-American Summit as a guest of President Abinader.”
The Abinader administration has asked for international actions to contain the violence of gangs in Haiti and bring peace to the neighbor country. Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic is burdened with the high social costs of the Haitian population that finds ways to cross the border to receive free social services and work. The position of the US government has traditionally been to insist on the Dominican government taking actions to take on new costs to support the human rights of the Haitian population in the Dominican Republic given the failed state in Haiti.
One of the main issues affecting the Dominican Republic is that the Haitian government for decades has failed to identify its population creating a major limbo when these travel to the Dominican Republic for work and social services. So far, the Dominican Republic has carried the burden of the multidimensional crisis in Haiti in providing social services and work to the displaced Haitian population.
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Diario Libre
11 April 2023