Documentary urges Europeans to boycott Dominican tourism, sugar
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=23864
SANTO DOMINGO. - The documentary which depicts Dominican Republic as a
country
where Haitians are treated as slaves, urges Europeans to boycott its
tourism and
sugar.
The Dominican sugar producer Vicini Group served notice on the
producers of the
film "The Price of Sugar" to abstain from showing the documentary,
which it said
is libelous against them and the country, or otherwise will take the
producer to
court.
Executives of the Caei sugar mill, owned by the Vicinis, said the
documentary
produced by the American Bill Haney proposes the boycott of Dominican
sugar
exports to United States and that European tourists not travel to
Dominican
Republic.
Tourism in fact is the country’s main hard currency source and boycott
by
European tourists would severely harm an industry that generates
thousands of
jobs.
The Price of Sugar, a film by Bill Haney, Narrated by Paul Newman
http://www.thepriceofsugar.com/
"...The Price of Sugar raises key questions about where the products
we consume
originate, at what cost they are produced and ultimately where our
responsibilities lie."
To attend a schedule screening of this film, go to:
http://www.thepriceofsugar.com/screenings.shtml
See Video trailer for The Price of Sugar:
http://www.thepriceofsugar.com/
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Who is Sonia Pierre? Go to: DOMINICAN BORN HAITIAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
WINS 2006 RFK
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
http://www.rfkmemorial.org/legacyinaction/2006_Winner/ ; and
http://word.world-citizenship.org/word/index.php/wp-archive/1021
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Documentary urges Europeans to boycott Dominican tourism, sugar
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=23864
SANTO DOMINGO. - The documentary which depicts Dominican Republic as a
country
where Haitians are treated as slaves, urges Europeans to boycott its
tourism and
sugar.
The Dominican sugar producer Vicini Group served notice on the
producers of the
film "The Price of Sugar" to abstain from showing the documentary,
which it said
is libelous against them and the country, or otherwise will take the
producer to
court.
Executives of the Caei sugar mill, owned by the Vicinis, said the
documentary
produced by the American Bill Haney proposes the boycott of Dominican
sugar
exports to United States and that European tourists not travel to
Dominican
Republic.
Tourism in fact is the country’s main hard currency source and boycott
by
European tourists would severely harm an industry that generates
thousands of
jobs.
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Haitianwomen In Solidarity with Sonia Pierre
http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=8a80UUrA-
Im624hurskCuY9jYf6xiMqzQGCxv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D
Sonia Pierre has recently faced attacks and threats of deportation
from the
Dominican Government.
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