Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is a remarkable example of two countries with starkly different realities despite being geographically inseparable. From the lush, ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Haiti declined Thursday to join neighboring Dominican Republic in reopening a key commercial border crossing, leaving some trade at a standstill and prolonging a ...

DAJABON, Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti on Friday over a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil, as armed Dominican ...

In 2021, Haiti and the Dominican Republic issued a joint declaration acknowledging a 1929 agreement between the nations establishing that both countries had the right to use water from the river.