El Siglo newspaper reports that the Dominican government is studying banning from visiting the DR members of the Group Koudjay that has popularized a merengue that incites to violence against the DR. The promoter of the merengue, Benjamin Dupuy, would also be declared a persona non grata. Dupuy is the president of the Haitian Popular Party and director of Haiti Progress, a newspaper published in New York City and sold in Port au Prince. The Haitian Popular Party is said to be a strategic ally to the Lafamil Lavalas, of former president Jean Bertrand Aristide, who during his short term presidency expressed his resentment against the DR. Aristide is expected to be the next President of Haiti. El Siglo newspaper interviewed Minister of Foreign Relations of Haiti Fritz Longchamp who said he did not feel that the merengue could affect the present harmonious relations among both countries.
