Quote in Globe and Mail article Wednesday, Jan 20

Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper quoted me in an article about Haiti and the Dominican Republic that ran this morning, Wednesday, January 20th.

A tale of two nations

Tourists pose for a picture on the beach in Samana, Dominican Republic. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Although they have a shared history and geography, Haiti and the Dominican Republic are worlds apart

SIRI AGRELL

From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail Published on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 12:00AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 4:16AM EST

They have been both been colonized, oppressed and exploited. They have lived through brutal dictatorships and U.S. invasions.

The two countries that occupy the tiny island of Hispaniola may have a shared history, but they have developed into two startlingly different places. The massive earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince left many people in the Dominican Republic, just 250 kilometres away, feeling nothing worse than a little dizziness.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/haiti/a-tale-of-two-nations/article1437201/