{"id":150177,"date":"2026-08-25T18:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/border-trade-with-haiti-operates-normally-despite-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:51:48","slug":"border-trade-with-haiti-operates-normally-despite-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/border-trade-with-haiti-operates-normally-despite-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Border trade with Haiti operates normally despite violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Border trade remains stable despite the security crisis in Haiti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC) has confirmed that commercial activities on the border line between the Dominican Republic and Haiti continue to develop with total normality. Despite the recent episodes of violence recorded in Haitian territory, the four Dominican border points are operating under a climate of tranquility and security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iv\u00e1n Garc\u00eda, president of the FDC, highlighted that the commercial sector maintains its confidence in the security strategies implemented by the Dominican authorities. According to the leader, trade has not only been preserved but has experienced notable growth in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dominican Republic: the main supply channel for Haiti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The increase in border operations is largely due to the logistical crisis that the neighboring country is experiencing. Garc\u00eda explained that international shipping companies have suspended the direct transport of goods to Haiti, which has positioned Dominican merchants as the main link for the supply of basic products to the Haitian market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There is no human way that the people of Haiti can be fed other than through the commercial borders that we have with Haiti.<\/p>\n<cite>Iv\u00e1n Garc\u00eda, president of the FDC.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security and stability at the border<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the violent acts that occurred recently in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince, the head of the FDC clarified that said events are confined within Haitian territory and have not impacted the operational dynamics of the Dominican border zone. Merchants insist that stability at crossing points is fundamental to ensure that the flow of goods does not stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDC reiterated its support for the current government measures, emphasizing that the border is a vital route for the sustenance of the Haitian population, given the difficulties that country faces in maintaining its usual supply chains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Border trade remains stable despite the security crisis in Haiti The Dominican Federation of Merchants (FDC) has confirmed that commercial activities on the border line between the Dominican Republic and Haiti continue to develop with total normality. Despite the recent episodes of violence recorded in Haitian territory, the four Dominican border points are operating under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[12871,1271,4554,545],"class_list":{"0":"post-150177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-border","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-haiti","11":"tag-trade"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}