In this interview (in Spanish) CLACLS Fellow and PhD Student in History, Diomelca Rivas talks with Sophie Maríñez, professor of modern languages, cultures, and literature at the Borough of Manhattan Community College about the cycles of violence in the relationship between Dominicans and Haitians.

Through a historical review, the author establishes a dialog with the studies on the elites of both countries and the remnants of the Trujillo era, which seem to be coming back in the form of a spiral.