Especially addressed to @Martin Alonzo but you in the South may be influenced as well. Has the uproar currently reigning over Haiti affecting your life? I wonder inf the Clinton Foundation is down there pulling funds out of the economy there and diverting relief efforts.
I try to follow what is going on in the world, so I read/listen to news about Haiti among others. What concerns me more is the problems in the whole of South America. Seems that power struggles are underway; pitting U.S., Russia and China in Latin America affairs. Venezuela is just the latest in that battle.
Nothing new in Haiti they have been fighting for years. I think the US news is distorting everything. Here is a forum in the Dominican Republic that covers Haiti. https://dr1.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/82-Haiti
@Martin Alonzo we just heard there were riots last week over food and fuel prices. I know very little beyond that. That is why I was asking. As far a Latin America goes, there do seem to be some proxy battles going on, with the U.S. and China being the major players and Russia and Iran playing subordinate roles, although Russia is working hard. Most of South America is with the U.S., and Venezuela and Cuba the main Communist nations and Bolivia is straddling the fence. The countries on our side seem to be in the better shape.
There is a discussion of the trouble in Haiti spilling into the DR with refugees and such. There is also mention of the idea that Venezuela is affecting the situation in Haiti.
Don be careful where you get your news. We have had millions of Haitians here mostly after the earthquake. Now they are giving some the opportunity for citizenship if they sign up and go through the process. Most were illegal and now they are rounding them up to be deported they were given the chance to sign up as workers and given work permits. The forum that I showed you is a pretty good barometer to what is going on.