Women standing in the Massacre River between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

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January 22nd 2014
The Dominicans refer to the Parsley Massacre as El Corte (the cutting); the Haitians refer to it as Kouto-a (the knife). The Parsley Massacre was a government sponsored genocide in October 1937 and lasted about 5 days. Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the execution of Haitians living in Dominican Republic. Trujillo had his soldiers apply parsley to suspected Haitians and they would ask, ... read more

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Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland. In 1697, Spain recognized French dominion over the western third of the islan... ... read more

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