The Haiti-Dominican Republic Citizenship Conflict
The controversy continues over a Dominican Republic court decision that effectively stripped around 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian descent of their citizenship. CJ Contributor Ilio Durandis predicts that the two countries will reach an agreement on this issue in 2014. But the way they do so, and the way the Dominican Republic resolves this issue, will have major implications for the country’s relationship both with Haiti and the rest of the Caribbean.