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Jared Diamond, in The Guardian.

The Dominican Republic – with its Spanish-speaking population of predominantly European ancestry – was both more receptive and more ­attractive to European immigrants and investors than was Haiti with its Creole-speaking population composed overwhelmingly of black former slaves.

Hence European immigration and investment were negligible and restricted by the constitution in Haiti after 1804 but eventually became important in the Dominican Republic.

Those Dominican immigrants included many middle-class businesspeople and skilled professionals who contributed to the country’s development.

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