Press Articles

Customs and Border Protection: CBP Issues Withhold Release Order on Central Romana Corporation Limited Nov 23, 2022

Reveal News: US Bans Sugar Imports From Top Dominican Producer Over Forced Labor Allegations Nov 23, 2022

CNN: US blocks sugar imports from top Dominican producer over forced labor concerns Nov 23, 2022

NPR: U.S. bans Dominican sugar company over forced labor Nov 20, 2022

Ways And Means Trade Leaders Reflect On Congressional Delegation to the Dominican Republic. Jul 19, 2022

2022 Dominican Republic Trafficking in Persons Report. July 2022

Jacobin: Haitian Sugarcane Cutters Work as Indentured Servants in the Dominican Republic October 18, 2021

Reveal News: The Bitter Work Behind Sugar September 18, 2021

MotherJones: The High Human Cost of America’s Sugar Habit September 17, 2021

The EconomistMigrants in the Dominican Republic. No Place like Home“. May 31, 2014

The New York TimesSuddenly Illegal at Home” by Lorgia García-Peña. December 12, 2013

The Washington Post: “Sugar Protections Prove Easy to Swallow for Lawmakers across Political Spectrum” by Peter Wallsten and Tom HamburgerDecember 8, 2013

The Economist: “A Storm in Hispaniola“. December 7, 2013

El Pais: “Pariahs of the Caribbean” by Mario Vargas Llosa. November 8, 2013

Cincinnati.com: “The Bitter Lives of Sugar Workers“. October 3, 2013

Dominican Today: “Industries Discard U.S. Report of Child, Forced Labor in Sugar Business“. October 1, 2013

Dominican Today: “Sugar Exports to Europe to Increase this Year“. March 2, 2013

AFL-CIO: “Exploitation of Workers in the Dominican Republic’s Sugar Fields Continues” by Cassandra Waters. February 10, 2013

National Film Board of Canada Blog: “Black Sugar. Modern-Day Slavery in the Dominican Republic” by Carolyne Weldon. February 1, 2013

The Huffington Post: “Dominican Sugar: US To Look Into Reports Of Worker Abuse In Sugar Industry” by Ezequiel Abiu Lopez. April 24, 2012

Photo Blog on NBCNews.com: “Haitians in Dominican Republic Sugar Plantations Live Anonymous Lives“. March 1, 2012

The Palm Beach Post: “Wikileaks: Fanjuls among ‘Sugar Barons’ who ‘Muscled’ Lawmakers to Kill Free Trade Deal” by Michael LaForgia and Adam Playford. January 2, 2012

The Economist: “Stateless in Santo Domingo” by Luisa Fransua. December 16, 2011

Al Jazeera: “Stranded: Stateless in the Dominican Republic” by Steve Sapienza. July 11, 2011

Dominican Today: “Dominican Sugar Industry Exports Jump 63% to US $157 M“. July 27, 2010 

Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights: “Memo: Constitutional Changes in the Dominican Republic“. February 5, 2010

The New York TimesDominican Crackdown Leaves Children of Haitian Immigrants in Legal Limbo” by Marc Lacey. May 25, 2008

CNN: “Is Sugar Production Modern Day Slavery?” by Steve Turnham. December 18, 2006

Financial Times:“Cane Cutters Seek Sweet Life” by Andy Webb-Vidal. March 10, 2006