Apostolic Nuncio Timothy Broglio, taking part in celebrations for Our Lady of Mercedes, called on the international community not to leave the Dominican Republic alone to suffer the consequences of Haiti’s internal conflicts. The Vatican representative said that “the world needs to examine their conscience check and place the Haitian crisis in its right dimensions”. He asked why the necessary assistance has not been forthcoming for the country’s most pressing needs and instead, “they have left the DR to bear almost all Haiti’s problems on its shoulders.”
He urged the international community “to come forth with the necessary resources to concretely and effectively help our Haitian brothers,” as reported in El Caribe. He said that this international community participation does not exclude the DR from continuing participation in programs to improve the situation in Haiti, “but as it is fit to do so.”