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Continued protests against U.S. presence in the
Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, February 26—Oscar
Moreta, member of the Patriotic Anti-Imperialist
Committee of Barahona, once again called on the
Dominican people to support demonstrations
protesting the presence of U.S. soldiers in the
country.
In statements to Prensa Latina,
he said that the government has allowed that affront
to the homeland, “and that is why we have convened a
Patriotic Tribunal on Monday, February 27, all day
long, on the Barahona Malecón, to protest the
presence of those troops.”
Moreta explained that during the
day, Barahona residents will sing songs and speak
over an “open microphone” to demand that U.S. troops
leave the country.
“They have arrived in the
Dominican South on the pretext of building four
primary health-care facilities in rural areas, but
the entire population knows that Washington does not
give anything; it gives loans, with large, painful
interests, especially on our sovereignty.”
“They have installed themselves
on a beach location with two airports and three
nearby ports, which will facilitate their operations
for unloading military equipment,” he noted.
“Those of us who live in Barahona
have been able to confirm that they have tanks,
armored vehicles, attack helicopters, radar, and
many weapons, and we understand that those are not
things used to build clinics,” Moreta said.
The troops’ presence just days
before the recent presidential elections in Haiti
“is considered by us to be an act of pressure in
response to the anticipated victory of candidate
René Preval, which is not what Washington wants.” |
