Trading with Haiti and Dominican Republic

One major advantage that La Gonave will have is that Haiti and Dominican Republic is so close.  Combined both countries have some 20 million people.  Going from Anse-a-Galets to Port-au-Prince is about an hour or less if we get the correct type of small cargo boat.  Then from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo, DR you are looking at about a 5 hour trip, not counting traffic.

Trade will be huge for the island of La Gonave to successful.  Many goods could be traded to the DR, including farm crops but also things such as limestone, which La Gonave has plenty of.  The island shouldn't compromise itself by digging for limestone, but having a small quarry where the material is sold to the DR could be of major benefit.  Again tight control on where to get the natural limestone should be done so that it doesn't destroy the environment.  I mentioned long ago in other blogs that a Bureau of Land Management should be formed just to monitor and control this sort of thing.  Many times the large limestone quarries leave behind large lakes, which the island could really benefit from.

The future of the island can be tremendous if we control the right things.  Even trade in exchange for a particular type of infrastructure could work as well.  Say that a small port capable of handling just one container ship at a time is done in exchange of mining a specific portion of the island for limestone.  So it puts the work on the DR to build the port for La Gonave, then hire locals to mine the limestone using machinery that the DR has brought in.  With the correct hiring practices, it could really make a major change for the island.  Even having a local Haitian firm to come in and mine the limestone could be worked out.  Possibly the construction of a small power plant in exchange for the limestone.  Again, it is all about using what you have to get additional infrastructure.

So let's consider using Dominican Republic to our advantage, our trade advantage.

Go Gonave!

Comments

Post a Comment

Any racist remarks or otherwise insensitive remarks will be removed and the person placing the comment will be banned from the page.

Popular posts from this blog

La Gonave could serve as the template for all of Haiti

Image
La Gonave has an opportunity to do it right the first time.  Meaning that if the right people get involved and their goal is to help the Haitians to help themselves, then La Gonave could serve as the template for Haiti. La Gonave has many advantages over the mainland.  For one, with a smaller population the needs of food, housing, water, etc are less, so programs that are developed could easy cover this small population.  La Gonave is a blank canvas, so streets can be placed based on results that other cities around the world have tried.  La Gonave can build it's economy on just about any industry, although tourism and agriculture are probably the prime industries.  The list goes on and on. My point is that if done correctly, and La Gonave is a modern and vibrant place.  If La Gonave could have the majority of it's population literate, and that there are enough schools for every child.  If La Gonave could have a strong economy similar to the Baham...
Read more

Carnival Cruise to build port in Haiti/Carnival Cruise yo bati pò an Ayiti

I remember early on when writing this blog, I stated that Gonave should have a cruise company build a port in Gonave, and it would be a major boost to Gonave's economy.  I was told by a local group who wants to turn Gonave into its own country, that I was incorrect.  They said cruise companies don't build ports and that the local municipality has to do that.  Of course that is incorrect!   I knew this because once taking a cruise myself Carnival mentioned they built a port in Cuba and are waiting for the US to overturn somethings so that cruises from America to Cuba can happen.  So again Gonave, be sure you know who you are listening to, and what their goals are.  Here at Let's Build Gonave Haiti, we have a core group that does research before we speak. With that said, Carnival is building a port in Northern Haiti.  Check out the information here .  Now some feel cruise companies take the profits back to their home countries.  While that i...
Read more

Flag of Gonave?

Image
I created the image below.  I will explain why I choose the colors I choose. So three basic color were chosen to represent the future island nation of Gonave, which are yellow, sky blue, and green. I did research on flags, and why colors should be chosen, what colors shouldn't be put on a flag, the meaning of colors, how not to over complicate a flag, and make sure that a made can easily be remember by school age kids. So here it is, and I will explain the colors. First off, the green portion of the flag represents the green lush vegetation of the island.  It also means a land rich with fertile soil which provides the energy of it's people. The blue portion represents the bright skys over the island of Gonave.  The color is a sky blue, which shows a cloudless day, one with no storms, but of a clear day.  It also means that the sky is the limit.  Finally yellow represents the sun.  The sun is shining on a lush green nation on a cloudless day,...
Read more