Tita
The foto is eight years old, the building now almost decayed to nothing. One side housed a kitchen in campo, the other a dwelling with a mostly dirt floor. It […]
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When you Hear Ghosts Breathe – COVID-19
When you sit in your house on lockdown, turn off the noise boxes. Relish in the silence. In Dominican Republic paradise is speaking. Motos are silent. Neighbours silent. Very little […]
COVID-19 THIS IS WAR
This IS a war. No different. The front lines are the paramedics, doctors, nurses; a lil further back the essential store workers and essential government workers. We in North America […]
LILA’S SONG
You left me in the street to die. I loved you so. I don’t know why you left me in the street to die. You were unkind throughout the years. […]
FREEDOM PROJECT
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/09/29/cfp-dominican-republic-trafficking-1.cnn Bravo Lily House! You need to look at the culture as well. This is a culture that is sexually driven, that thinks prostitution is ok, that thinks for example, […]
STOP SLAVERY!
http://altagraciaapparel.com/ Be SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE! Be like this company. They provide LIVING WAGE jobs. They struggled to stay afloat not turning a profit for many years while paying a living wage. […]
For Sale
Everything absolutely everything in this country can be had for a price but most of the time it’s not a fair price for either the buyer or the seller, one […]
Collective Pain of Loss – Orlando
I don’t feel today’s heat, nor do I hunger or thirst. I feel nothing but pain. My pain, the pain of others, another hive pain. It’s the collective pain of […]
Speechless
This is not a blog post per se. This is a simple FYI. Follow the link and watch the animation. From a humanitarian perspective this is shocking. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_history_of_american_slavery/2015/06/animated_interactive_of_the_history_of_the_atlantic_slave_trade.html […]
Z is for – Zika Virus
All over the Caribbean and Latin America Zika is making an appearance. Though the Dominican Republic as of yet remains unaffected it is only a matter of time for it […]
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