Dominican Republic Quotes

• The whole history between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is complicated. We share the island of Hispaniola, and Haiti occupied the Dominican Republic for twenty-two years after 1804 for fear that the French and Spanish would come back and reinstitute slavery. So we have this unique situation of being two independent nations on the same island, but with each community having its own grievance.

  

  Edwidge Danticat
  • History
  • Fear
  • Community

• They're sending me to the Dominican Republic. Then I'll go with T. O. to the Bahamas and do his training program to get myself in shape. When I get back, I'll pitch if we're still in the race. After tomorrow's start, I'm on vacation.

  

  Pedro Martinez
  • Training
  • Program
  • Bahamas

• We still have our people working in the cane fields in the Dominican Republic. People are still repatriated all the time from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. Some tell of being taken off buses because they looked Haitian, and their families have been in the Dominican Republic for generations. Haitian children born in the Dominican Republic still can't go to school and are forced to work in the sugarcane fields.

  

  Edwidge Danticat
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• I like a challenge, and I would like to pitch against the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic.

  

  Carlos Zambrano
  • Challenge
  • Against
  • Pitch