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One island, two worlds
They might share an island, but the Dominican Republic and Haiti couldn’t be more different. While the former is a popular tourist destination in the Caribbean, Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world.
Palm trees, sandy beaches stretching for miles, a brilliant blue sea – at first glance, the Dominican Republic seems like a real paradise. Several million tourists visit the country each year. But the stunning landscape and the luxurious hotels mask the fact that the Dominican Republic actually belongs to the less wealthy countries in Latin America, and that it shares a border with Haiti, the poorest country in the western world.
Though Haiti and the Dominican Republic share an island, they remain worlds apart. That's seen, for instance, in the infrastructure. “The Dominican Republic has proper streets so that you can get from one place to another without serious problems,” Heinz Oelers, an expert on Latin America at the Christian charity Misereor says. In Haiti, on the other hand, “you often need an hour just to travel a few kilometers,” he adds.
It's a similar picture in other areas too. According to the United Nations, only about 50 percent of Haitians can read and write (as opposed to nearly 90 percent in neighboring Dominican Republic) and child mortality rates in Haiti are three times higher than in the Dominican Republic.
(ONE island, two worlds. Source: https://learngerman. dw.com/en/haiti-and-the-dominican-republic-one-islandtwo-worlds/a-16593022. Access on: August 18th, 2022.)
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