Caribbean reading

Submitted by eagle on Wed, 07/17/2019 - 15:32

From reading, Republica Dominicana seems like a reasonable country now, after its turbulent history.

Reading up about Haiti, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Dominican Republic. Haiti also has over ten million inhabitants. The area of Haiti is around half the size.

The money of Haiti is the Gourde. There's not much of it, as the average income is under a thousand dollars per year.

Looking at a map of countries by income (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita), I like the yellow ones. The golden mean.

Prices have changed a lot over recent decades!

Japan ranks lower than I would have guessed. So does Argentina. Uruguay ranks higher than I would have guessed. Most of the countries that I want to visit are quite affordable!

It looks like Venezuela went bonkers.

In 2018, the country's economic policies led to extreme hyperinflation, with estimates expecting an inflation rate of 1,370,000% by the end of the year and 10,000,000% in 2019[30][31]

From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela>

Seems like another socialist dictatorship.

In Venezuela, a person is murdered every 21 minutes.[210] Violent crimes have been so prevalent in Venezuela that the government no longer produces the crime data.[211]

From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela#Suspension_of_constitutional_rights

I'm now riding through Caguas, a medium city in Puerto Rico. It has numerous industrial areas, with tons of car shops, heavy machinery, etc.

Haiti has been destroyed by mismanagement, disasters, etc.

Maybe I'll stay in Republica Dominica until after November. It seems like that's hurricane season, and I'd rather be in a more developed county. Plus, I already spent a hurricane with a number of Haitians in a shelter in Miami!

 

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