bateye
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He lived in a bateye, the sugar cane plantations where cane harvesters live, leaving the country in 2005. | Vivió en un bateye, las plantaciones de caña de azúcar en las que viven los cosechadores de caña, dejando el país en 2005. |
During her visit to a bateye and a very poor district in the capital city (Las Americas/Los Alcarrizos), the independent expert was able to see for herself that very poor people did not hesitate to express their views and vent their frustration. | Durante su visita a un batey en una zona muy pobre de la capital (Las Américas/Los Alcarrizos), la experta pudo comprobar que los más pobres no dudan en hablar y en manifestar su frustración. |
In early April 2005, I learned in another bateye in the Eastern region of the Dominican Republic that Haitian workers are currently paid just $1.50 for each ton of cane they cut by hand and hauled to the scale. | A principios del 2005 me enteré de que en otro bateye en la región del este de la República Dominicana, a los trabajadores haitianos les pagan únicamente US$1.50 por cada tonelada de caña que cortan a mano y arrastran a la pesa. |
They offer a defining social and architectural characteristic to life in the bateye, with residents sitting in chairs or along the small concrete floor against the linear façade. | Ofrecen una característica social y arquitectónica muy definida de la vida en el bateye, donde los residentes se sientan en sillas o a lo largo del pequeño piso de concreto recostados sobre la fachada lineal. |
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