[truthguy]

...the incredible economic disparity between Haiti, which sits on one side of the Island of Hispaniola, and the Dominican Republic on the other side.

I've never been to either country but I have friends who have been to DR and according to them it is better off than Haiti. But that doesn't mean DR is anything close to being a prosperous first world country. It's also a very poor third world country. Yes it's marginally better off than Haiti but what country isn't.

[Monterrosa-24]

“...it's marginally better off than Haiti but what country isn't.”

During the colonial era the French side was the better-off and much more populated side of the island. It was France's richest colony while the Spanish-speaking side had less than a fifth of the island's population.

During this century Haiti has had enough “progressive” and socialist policies to keep economic development strangled.

[PapaBear3625]

I've never been to either country but I have friends who have been to DR and according to them it is better off than Haiti. But that doesn't mean DR is anything close to being a prosperous first world country. It's also a very poor third world country. Yes it's marginally better off than Haiti but what country isn't.

Marginally?

Dominican Republic per-capita GDP: $8,200 (2008 est.)

Haiti per-capita GDP: $1,300 (2008 est.)

That's over 6 times the per-capita GDP. It's not "marginal".