Trujillo’s effect on immigration
The island La Espanola, Quisqueya, or Dominican Republic, as it is most commonly known is currently one of the most sought after tourist destinations. It is known as "Caribbean Paradise" because of its spectacular scenery and the services it offers.
Dominican Republic is the ninth largest economy in Latin America and the second in Central America and the Caribbean. It is known for its sugar industry, but now tourism is its main source of income. Not everything is joyful, wealth is not distributed to benefit the majority of people, unemployment and income inequality are some of the concerns along with corruption in government and certain deficiencies in basic services. This is the situation today, acknowledging that Dominican
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The uncontrollable flood of Haitians along with the ones that are born in the Dominican Republic has created a problem that is currently teetering on a thin line between the legal violations of human rights. On the other hand there is the migration of Dominicans, especially into the United States, who aid the Dominican economy by sending money to their relatives, which accounts for 10% of the GDP.
Undoubtedly this pattern of migration and immigration has been the mold continued throughout the history of the island. This immigration and emigration drew the features of Dominicans: a mixture of Spanish, some native Indians, African population, French, Italians, Americans, and British.
Around the year 600 the island was inhabited by Caribbean Indians. The Taino Indians arrived to the island and began invading and displacing the original inhabitants. The Caribbean Indians began to move and invaded Taino villages on the east coast of the island while the Spaniards arrived in 1492. From the Taino’s the name Quisqueya (mother of all lands) remained. The name later became Dominican Republic and Haiti (land of high