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Geographically speaking, there is another side to Haiti. It is the Dominican Republic, the other sovereign nation on the island of Hispaniola. Already feeling the heat of a Haiti at full boil, the Dominican Republic has begun to reinforce its borders against the prospect of millions of desperate, hungry refugees. The Dominican army took this step after one of its soldiers was killed, at least five others wounded, and their weapons stolen.
The assailants and their nationalities were unknown to authorities, but the incident was sufficient to get Dominican President Hipolito Mijia thinking security and making statements about defending the border and setting limits. On a visit to the border at Dejabon, he said he would not tolerate "any kind of disrespect to the Haitian democracy, nor to its government" from his side of the border. "I gave instructions to the military that conspirators who come and go [across the border] be arrested. Our border is Dominican, and here we are the ones who rule. Under no circumstance will we permit our dignity and our own nationality to be toyed with. State security is established here to defend the country."
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