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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Dominican-Haitians form political movement
By Karen Juanita Carrillo
This past December 2007, members of the Movimiento Politico Comunitario Dominico-Haitiano (MPCDH /Dominican-Haitian Community Political Movement) announced that they would begin pushing to have their members run for governmental positions in the Dominican Republic.
The MPCDH has announced that if its members are elected to government, they will make certain to represent Haitian-Dominican
interests.
Haitian-Dominican attorney Rubén Jean-Baptiste Latorti told the DR newspaper Diario Libre that the MPCDH wants to be known as the voice of Dominican-born Haitians. The MPCDH will “fight for a political-communitarian
space with the aim of ensurin g representation in the government across the national arena,” Latorti said.
Rubén Jean-Baptiste
Latorti
movimientodominicohaitiano.com
With a notorious past of neglect and abuse in the Dominican
Republic, Dominicans of Haitian origin had long looked to have their lives and property protected by representatives of the
DR government, by the neighboring government in Haiti, and even by non-governmental organizations working within the DR.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Uruguay: Spirit of Afro Resistance Alive in Candombe "In the streets of Montevideo, Uruguay, Afro-Uruguayans celebrate an often-ignored part of their
history - Candombe and resistance. For more than 200 years Afro descendants have maintained the tradition of Candombe,  a rhythm that traveled from Africa to Uruguay with African slaves. The music carries centuries of resistance and liberation,"
notes Marie Trigona in the article "Uruguay: Spirit of Afro Resistance Alive in Candombe." Photo of the Isla de Flores Comparsa
in Barrio Sur by Marie Trigona
"The word Candombe literally means place and dance of
Africans. The musical tradition evolved during the colonial area. Africans brought to Uruguay for slave labor used the
rhythm of the tambores, or drums, to communicate with each other and defy colonialists."
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