The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, also known as MINUSTAH, has been inside the disaster-torn country since 2004 and is planning to pull out of Haiti after 13 years, but their withdrawal isn’t only impacting Haiti. Haiti’s Spanish-speaking neighbor, the Dominican Republic is taking the withdrawal of MINUSTAH from Haiti as a sign for them to increase border control between the two countries.
This move by the DR has caused Haitians and Dominicans alike to recall the prejudice between the two countries, especially Ana Martinez who vividly remembers the horrible treatment of Haitians in her country.