Vega thinks US will pressure DR on Haiti
Economist and historian Bernardo Vega says that the Dominican Republic could be subject to political pressure from the United States, once Barack Obama takes office, on the issue of the presence of Haitians in the DR. In this sense Vega pointed out that Obama has advisors who feel that the Dominican Republic has to do something about the undocumented Haitian issue. He said, “Political pressure is going to be applied from that direction.”
Vega appeared on the El Dia program on Telesistema, where he also analyzed what bilateral relations between the DR and the US might be like under the Obama government. He indicated that based on what was said during the campaign, John McCain’s position was more convenient for the Dominican Republic on the issues of trade, immigration and drugs. Vega said that McCain, in his campaign, favored new legislation on immigration that would have permitted Dominican relatives [...]
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