El Rio Masacre

So known for the day it ran red with Haitian blood when Dominicans with machetes "restored the republic." No there's plenty of black people here, so how did they know who to kill? They'd knock on a house with one bunch of parsley and ask the resident to say the name of that herb, "perejil." If you pronounced it like a French-based speaker, the other hand had a machete waiting for you and your family.

Dirty Dajabon

March 5th 2007
Not ten minutes outside of Santo Domingo and you’re already catching glimpses of the infamous beauty of this country. Mountains in the distance and lush green hills dotted with palm trees in the fore ground. All of it increasing in diversity and complexity until you reach the Cibao Valley - banana trees lining the road and rice fields seemingly extending to the mountains. Then as you turn towar ... 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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