September 15, 2023 5:51 PM

Dominican Republic's government to close all borders with neighboring Haiti

The Dominican Republic's government has announced that it is closing all borders with neighboring Haiti. The closing of the border started today in a dispute over a canal on the Haitian side that would use water from a river along their frontier.   President Luis Abinader said that air, sea, and land borders would remain shuttered until necessary, as last-minute talks between the countries had failed to head off the closure. It is a rare move for the Dominican Republic and could hit ...