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Thread #126602   Message #2814421
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Jan-10 - 03:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why no earthquake in Dominican Rep?
Subject: RE: BS: Why no earthquake in Dominican Rep?
Preval seems to have led Haiti reasonably.
Aristide has indicated that he is ready to return, but so far little support.

Preval has improved relations with the Dominican Republic, and the economy improved.
He has met with the Secretary of State, and relations with the U. S. seem stable, although in recent years Venezuela has provided more developmental aid.

Haiti still obtains more energy from burning charcoal than other sources, although the forests were destroyed by occupying countries, from the 1500s through the 19th C.
Its Caribbean mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) was the wood of choice for English and American furniture makers in the 18th-19th C.; the wood now is rare and under protection (Central and South American mahogany is lower in quality but also is mostly under protection).

The amount of arable land has been decreasing as a result of poor practices and overuse; the population is too large.

Senegal has offered arable land to any who wish to return to Africa (BBC News).