Santo Domingo.-The President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinadersaid Monday concern about possible cuts to the programs of United States Foreign Aidparticularly in what respects the freezing of funds for Power projects in Haiti.
During his usual press conference on Monday, Abinader He commented that the issue related to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) It will be one of the points to be discussed with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. , who is scheduled to arrive at the Dominican Republic on Wednesday night and meet with the Dominican President on Thursday, after finishing his tour of Central America and the Caribbean.
«We are more concerned with cuts that affect Haiti On issues such as food, ”Abinader replied, then, he explained, in Dominican Republic “We are not receiving the amount of help (from the United States) that we could not correct.”
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Dominican Republic has made repeated calls to the international community, for that goes to the aid of the border Haiti, tol argue that he has done a lot already for that nation with which he shares the Caribbean island of the Spanish.
Considered that The United States will cut aid that are “justified” and said that his country will take the measures of place in this situation.
Regarding Rubio’s visit, Abinader said he will address the Secretary of State, among other issues, the situation in Haitithe celebration in the country of the summit of the Americas at the end of the year and the fight against drug trafficking, an area in which the United States considers that the Dominican Republic has been successful.
Rubio announced Monday in El Salvador, where he is in an official visit, which was appointed as an interim director of the International Development Agencyuntil now an independent agency, while rumors grow that Donald Trump I could close it.
As for the Summit of the Americashe pointed out that Dominican Republic expects the US president, Donald Trumpparticipate in that meeting.
Asked about the reception of immigrants without papers from other countries, Abinader said that Dominican Republic does not have the obligation or accept to receive undocumented from third states.
“We do not have the obligation or accept the arrival of other people (undocumented immigrants),” he said to add that with the Dominicans “we have the duty and the right to do so.”
Trump said last Monday that “many countries” are “very happy” to receive undocumented from other states, although he did not detail what nations it was.
«There are many countries (interested) and are very happy to receive them. And obviously they benefit in certain ways, through trade or whatever, but we have numerous countries that will receive them, ”said the president.
In the Dominican Republic there are thousands of Haitians in irregular migratory status and last October the government began a mass deportation program.
In response to the undocumented deportation program that promotes the Trump administrationAbinader declared that the “immense” majority of the Dominicans living in the United States legally.
He stressed that his government will support the Dominicans in an irregular condition in the US.but that from the only place where their fellow citizens have requested to help consulate has been since Puerto Ricoafter the raids on that island executed by the American immigration authorities.
According to official figures, in Puerto Rico, a free territory associated with the United States resides for about 55,000 Dominicans.
