This was the beginning of the process that led to the creation of the Republic of Haiti, the first independent black republic of the world.
Pamela A. White, of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti.
This is a significant date as it recalls an uprising of enslaved Africans on the island of Saint Domingue in 1791, resulting in the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black independent state in the Western World.
Of course, the Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti.
The 13 beneficiary countries are: Argentina (Buenos Aires), Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Honduras, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Niger, Seychelles and Viet Nam.
And allegations have emerged about the role of the Dominican Republic, Haiti's neighbour, in the uprising.
Hurricane watches were up for the north coast of Haiti and the northwestern Bahamas, while tropical storm warnings were in effect for much of the rest of the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The Field Exercise, taking place within the framework of the project ' Strengthening the national capacities for the effective safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Aruba and Haiti' will consist in inventorying the rural Festivity of the Bandos Rojo y Azul.
Forecasters said it was likely to bring up to 10 inches of rain to the Dominican Republic and Haiti, particularly in higher elevations.
He sold guns to dictators in Central America favoured by the United States: Duvalier of Haiti, Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, Batista of Cuba.
Press for stronger engagement by the Council and other U.N. human rights mechanisms in Haiti, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo and partnered with Afghanistan to build international support for a resolution on preventing attacks on Afghan school children, especially girls.
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With the passage of the Dominican Republic Central American Free Trade Agreement, Haiti has become even more competitively disadvantaged.
In percentage terms, the worst situation for frogs is the Caribbean, where more than 80 percent of species are threatened or extinct in the Dominican Republic, Cuba and Jamaica and more than 90 percent in Haiti, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
Like many of his countrymen, Jose takes a dim view of Haitians and their country, an attitude rooted in Haiti's post-independence invasions of the Dominican Republic.
Attempted miss migrations have started in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba, and significant numbers of migrants have come from China and Central America as well.
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At the other end of the economic scale, migrants come from impoverished Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Haiti - which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic - is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere.
So far, Matternet have reached the stage of conducting initial trials of "quadrocopter" drones, which took place in Haiti and the Dominican Republic last year.
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That is why UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean is organizing several workshops in Aruba, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti aimed at assisting those countries to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage through effective implementation of the Convention.
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If there is a mass flight of refugees from Haiti, many are also likely to try to cross into the Dominican Republic which occupies the remaining two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola exacerbating the economic and political crisis there.
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