Haiti border cities and towns

There's just not enough police presence in the Haitian border city of of Belladere, according to a recent statement from Belladere city mayor Macklish Ledoux.

Haitian authorities in Anse-a-Pitres, Haiti, refused to open the border with neighboring Pedernales, Dominican Republic, to allow access a bi-national market blocking the flow of Haitian money into Dominican pockets who desperately need it.

Hurricane IRMA went through Ouanaminthe Haiti and took with it an old out of commission bridge that used to connect Ouanaminthe (Haiti) with Dajabon (Dominican Republic).

Journaliste Radio Caraibes FM Jean Monard Metellus resi fè yon bon ti chita pale sou problem ki genyen nan Thomassique, ville natale li... Felicitation Jean Monard...

If you ever travel on land from Haiti to the Dominican Republic, you may be surprised to see that the Dominican Republic has fully developed cities and town right on the border while, on the Haiti side, you have to go quite a distance inland to find a sign of life... Why is that? I wondered... A friend of mine gave a brief explanation that makes sense...