As previously announced, Dominican authorities reopened their northern border with Haiti on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. This decision stems from the administration of President Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, who, at the beginning of September, unilaterally decided to close the borders of the Dominican Republic with Haiti due to the construction of an irrigation canal on the Massacre River by Haitian agricultural workers.
The reopening of this barrier by Dominican leaders has no impact on trade between island merchants because the H