El Caribe newspaper reported that eight of a group of 4,000 Spanish farmers that came in 1955 attracted by a Franco-Trujillo migration treaty signed in 1956 by the two dictators finally got land titles. The titles had been promised to them as part of agreement stipulations. It took them 44 years, and much effort on behalf of the Spanish government to see that the dream could come true for the Spanish emigrants. In a moving ceremony held at the residence of Spanish ambassador Fermin Prieto-Castro, the Instituto Agrario Dominicano handed the titles to the eight farmers. As per the efforts, another 42 titles will be forthcoming benefiting Spanish farmers living in Azua, San Juan de la Maguana, Barahona and Nagua. Speaking for the benefited farmers, Florentino Delgado said that he feels more at home in the DR than in Spain. He recalled that years back he traveled to his home town in La Rioja, Spain but found that everything had changed. He returned to spend the rest of his days in the DR, attracted by the blue of the sea. Two of his five sons live in Spain after benefiting from two Spanish government scholarships.
