{"id":114373,"date":"2018-07-10T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T20:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=114373"},"modified":"2018-07-10T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T20:23:49","slug":"security-measures-due-to-haitian-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/07\/10\/security-measures-due-to-haitian-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Security measures due to Haitian violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_114350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114350\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-114350\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Haitian-Dominican-border-El-Dia-300x179.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: El D\u00eda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Given the current situation in Haiti with violent protests, the Dominican Customs\u2019 Agency (DGA) has said that their offices in Jimani and Dajabon will remain closed.<\/p>\n<p>Port-au-Prince and other locations are still being affected by violent protests including the Haitian customs agency located in Fond Parisien, near Jiman\u00ed, which also led to the decision of the DGA.<br \/>\nThe protests are due to the 49% increase in the price of fuel that was to go into effect last Friday, 6 July 2018. Although the increase in fuel prices was reversed on Saturday, 7 July, the protests continued across the country leaving at least three people dead.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Monday, 9 July 2018, the bi-national markets in Jimani and Pedernales (southwest) and Dajabon (northwest) operated. Defense Minister Rub\u00e9n Paulino Sem said that security along the border had been increased.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eldia.com.do\/mercados-binacionales-operan-con-normalidad-pese-violentas-protestas-en-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Dia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2018\/07\/08\/523236\/pasos-aduaneros-de-rd-en-la-frontera-estaran-cerrados-el-lunes-por-protestas-en-haiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listin Diario<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eldia.com.do\/frontera-dominico-haitiana-en-calma-pese-a-huelga-y-protestas-en-haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Dia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/07\/07\/americas\/haiti-violence-us-warnings\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/haiti-violence-us-embassy-warns-americans-to-stay-inside-today-2018-07-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 July 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the current situation in Haiti with violent protests, the Dominican Customs\u2019 Agency (DGA) has said that their offices in Jimani and Dajabon will remain closed. Port-au-Prince and other locations are still being affected by violent protests including the Haitian customs agency located in Fond Parisien, near Jiman\u00ed, which also led to the decision of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/07\/10\/security-measures-due-to-haitian-violence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}