History? True or not, I don't know, but this was posted on FB:
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How the red light district of sosua was created :
In 2013 a famous Dominican comedian named cheddy Garcia decided with a group of friends to stay in ocean club. The beach front condo hotel in sosua rents for $400 to $800 per night per room. this location is home to two restaurants a wine cellar and a cigar lounge and valet parking
To get there however one must pass Pedro clisante and surrounding area. Cheddy was mortified. She published a scathing letter to the President of the Country Danilo Medina. she also published videos building awareness in the country and categorizing the age differences as pedophilia and dramatizing the prostitution. Most Dominican viewers had no knowledge of an open air sex market in their country
The president in an attempt to save face acknowledged that prostitution in the country is legal however pandering is illegal. His remedy was to give all bars one year to move to the playa Chiquita area and instituting a closing mandate of 1:am
The casino in playa Chiquita was exempt from the 1:am curfew. The old high caribe restaurant ,anvi resort and a luxury sports bar were created and renovated in anticipation of the relocation.
These efforts failed however as the population of tourist who would be customers began to experience a precipitous decline leaving only those who prefer to remain near rumba and their hotel.
Additionally there were shifts in the customer base with an increasing number of customers electing to make Colombia their new Latin American playground.
The red light district remains vacant
It’s worth noting playa Chiquita is the best neighborhood in sosua with single ,family homes , luxury apartments and ocean front homes and condos So the residents are thrilled
The artists objections were not to the act but rather to the age and living conditions of the participants. She did not believe the laws were allowed or written in contemplation of school aged girls participating