Creole in Miami lose homes by economic crisis

The global economic crisis that began in 2008 and that still persists in much of the world, threatening to worsen, has led to more than six thousand Dominicans living in the County of Miami have lost their homes and that another large part have been jobless.

That is the reality living many Creoles to fruit of the situation looking for guidance before the Dominican diplomatic authorities based in this city, with the fi nalidad return to Dominican Republic in search of a better way of life.

"The Consulate I have the case of seven employees who have had to move, people that you know that they have lost their homes, there are even many people who are still living in their homes because the debt is so high and the value of the houses is so low, that neither for banks is business get them," said the Dominican Republic in Miami ConsulManuel Almánzar, who pointed out that in Florida about 15% of Dominicans residing there is u000aunemployed.

"We as Consul have experienced painful see desfi lar here many Dominicans who had many years living in Florida, have been left without jobs product of the international economic crisis and have gone to seek some kind of guidance to withdraw to the Dominican Republic", he added Almánzar.

he explained that many have asked him to make efforts of jobs and contacts, when reaching the country have any kind of location.

He pointed out that the date is not the recovery which had predicted the economy of United States for these times, specifically in La Florida.

However, he said that many Dominicans have also opted for the alternative to informal activities to survive while resolves the situation.

Fruit of the situation, he said, has been the case of inverted remittances, consisting of family members to send them u000amoney from Santo Domingo who reside here

"We do not see the so-called economic recovery so far, it doesn't feel, at least in the community of Dominican, despite the fact that it's a professional community, we hope that this situation start to vary and beginneth to grow the economy", said the Consul dominicano.

Was the most dramatic situation in the housing sector, since a considerable part of the Dominicans in Miami has lost their homes, because not have been able to continue paying them.

"The other serious problem affecting the Hispanic community in general and Dominican are health services, because here everybody don't have insurance and who don't have insurance not can get sick, because the cost of medicine is so high that there is no wage that stamina and more in communities with high unemployment"", as the US", said Almánzar.

Pointed out that this leads to many u000aDominicans when they get sick or have to do a check to travel to the country.

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Dominicans in MIAMI dedicated to work in another, Almánzar
pointed out that the crime of Dominicans in Miami is almost zero and said that in time that is not in Office has seen no case of natives involved in that kind of action.

In the State of Miami live about 170 thousand Dominicans, of which 70 thousand reside in the County of Miami.

There are also data which reveal that the largest number of doctors based in Miami are Dominican and Cuban physicians practicing in this State have been studied in Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Consul in this State spoke on these issues to be interviewed by journalists from various media in the country who traveled to this town to cover the effects of the closure of the registration of Dominicans abroad, in order to vote in presidential elections and u000aMembers overseas, the next 20 de may.

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