Dominican 大統領,/社長 一時停止するs ビザs for Haitians and 脅すs to の近くに 国境 with its neighbor

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican 共和国 (AP) - The 大統領,/社長 of the Dominican 共和国 発表するd Monday that he has 一時停止するd 問題/発行するing ビザs to Haitians, and he 脅すd to shut 負かす/撃墜する land, 空気/公表する and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their 最新の 論争.

大統領 Luis Abinader's move follows the 最近の 穴掘り of a supposed canal in Haiti that Dominican 公式の/役人s argue will コースを変える water from the 大虐殺 River and 害(を与える) its 農業者s and the 環境. The river, which runs in both countries, is 指名するd for a 血まみれの 戦う/戦い between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s.

It is not (疑いを)晴らす who, if anyone, 権限を与えるd the digging of the canal in Haiti.

"If the 衝突 is not 解決するd before Thursday, (公式の/役人s will) 完全に の近くに the 国境 to 空気/公表する, sea and land 商業," the Dominican 政府 said in a 声明.

That would be an 経済的な blow to Haiti, which gets much of its 輸入するs from the Dominican 共和国 and where インフレーション has 急上昇するd and poverty 深くするd まっただ中に a 殺到する in ギャング(団) 暴力/激しさ.

It would also 傷つける Dominican 商売/仕事s.

FILE - People bathe in the Massacre River, named for a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s, on the border with Haiti in Ouanaminthe, Dominican Republic, Nov. 19, 2021. The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader a
nnounced on Sept. 11, 2023 he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

FILE - People bathe in the 大虐殺 River, 指名するd for a 血まみれの 戦う/戦い between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s, on the 国境 with Haiti in Ouanaminthe, Dominican 共和国, Nov. 19, 2021. The Dominican 共和国's 大統領 Luis Abinader 発表するd on Sept. 11, 2023 he has 一時停止するd 問題/発行するing ビザs to Haitians. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, とじ込み/提出する)

A 熟考する/考慮する by the Dominican 共和国´s Central Bank said $430 million in informal 国境 貿易(する) was 行為/行うd in 2017 between the two countries, which 株 the island of Hispaniola. Of that 量, more than $330 million 代表するd 輸出(する)s to Haiti.

Haiti is also the Dominican 共和国´s third biggest partner in formal 貿易(する), with $1 billion in 輸出(する)s to Haiti last year and $11 million in 輸入するs, によれば the 輸出(する) and 投資 中心 of the Dominican 共和国.

Last week, the Dominican 政府 sent a 乗組員 to 監視する the construction of the canal from across the 国境, with 公式の/役人s telling 地元の マスコミ that it wasn´t an 脅迫 手段 but rather an 申し込む/申し出 to help 拘留する, if necessary, 非軍事のs that might be working on the 事業/計画(する) without 許可.

The 穴掘り 誘発するd Abinader last week to shut the 国境 近づく the northern town of Dajabon, a 決定的な crossing for Haitians who sell and buy a 範囲 of goods there several times a week.

Former 暫定的な Haitian 総理大臣 Claude Joseph recently defended the construction of the canal and (刑事)被告 critics in the Dominican 共和国 of 存在 国家主義者s and 人種差別主義者s.

Last year, Abinader banned Joseph from entering the Dominican 共和国 in an 関係のない 論争 that 高くする,増すd the simmering 緊張s between the two countries.

Abinader has sought to 限界 the 移住 of Haitians into the Dominican 共和国 in 最近の years and has expelled tens of thousands of Haitians and those of Haitian descen t. His 行政 also has begun work on a 118-mile (190-キロメーター) 塀で囲む along the Haitian 国境 that Abinader 発表するd 早期に last year.

The last time the Dominican 共和国 fully の近くにd the 国境 its 国境 with Haiti was in July 2021, after Haitian 大統領 Jovenel Mo?se was assassinated. Since then, it has occasionally の近くにd parts of the 国境 for 安全 推論する/理由s.

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Associated 圧力(をかける) writer D?nica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 与える/捧げるd to this 報告(する)/憶測.

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