Global Perspectives: Haitian migration and the thorny politics of language in the Dominican Republic

Thu, 04/27/2023 - 17:00

The island of Hispaniola, in the middle of the Caribbean basin, is one of only a handful of islands in the world that is shared by two independent nations with distinct official languages. Haiti, in the west, speaks Haitian Creole, and in the Dominican Republic in the East, Spanish is the official language.

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