Haiti is Haiti and the DR is the DR and....
....neither has to 'appreciate' anything about the other. What has happened in the past is there in the history books for all to see.
The Dominican Republic is a Latin American country which has the great misfortune of having to share an island with an African country smack in the middle of Latin America. Haiti has nothing in common with the rest of the Caribbean countries, which have been mostly British colonies, except for the color of the peoples' skins, and much less with its Dominican neighbors. If you know anything about Haiti, you must recognize that it has been a failure as an organized society and reflects faithfully its African heritage. It is very much a 'typical' African country (disorganized society with anarchy as a major part of its structure, corruption, human life is not valued and your head can be chopped off for the slightest reason, etc., etc.).
All Dominicans have to be 'thankful' to Haitians for is for occupying us for 22 years in the 19th century, for bringing additional diseases and poverty and, oh yes, providing plenty of cheap labor.
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