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Special to the AmNews Translated by KAREN JUANITA CARRILLO
Amsterdam News Staff
The historical tragedies suffered by the Haitian people - massacres, invasions, and deportations - have not ended.
One of the worst incidents to affect Haitians migrating to the Dominican Republic was the Parsley Massacre, perpetrated by former Dominican President Leonidas Tru-jillo in 1937, when nearly 67,000 Haitians were killed by Dominican soldiers wielding machetes, bullets, and knives because, according to President Trujillo, Haitians had conspired against his government.
For a deeper understanding of this situation, we spoke with Maribel Nunez, an Afro Dominican leader and defender of human rights. Nunez, a member of Accidn Afro Do-minicana, is working to stop the massive deportations of Haitians who were born in die Dominican Republic and whose families have been there for generations.
AmNews: Why is the Dominican Republic deporting Haitians on a massive scale?
Maribel Nunez (MN): I want to argue diat dehumanization is part of the aggression that Haiti is suffering and that the deportations being carried out are because die Dominican government is an absolutely fascist, racist, neo-liberal, and imperialist government.
In recent years, a fascist movement has taken shape in this country and its growth...