IPS News Agency--HAITI: Tensions Put on Hold as Dominican Republic Reaches Out

HAITI: Tensions Put on Hold as Dominican Republic Reaches Out, by Elizabeth Eames Roebling, Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), February 11, 2010 A child amputee sits up in her hospital bed in Jacmel, Haiti. The Dominican Republic provided the first aid to the devastated southern city. Despite a history of often tense relations, the first nation to render assistance to Haiti after last month's devastating earthquake was its island neighbour, the Dominican Republic. More...