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    Vanishing Homelands

    Caribbean Dreams

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    Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

    Vanishing Homelands

    Caribbean Dreams

    To most Americans, a Caribbean holiday sounds like a dream. For many, the dreamiest of all is a stay at the Dominican Republic’s Casa de Campo, a place where people can, for up to $2,000 a night, luxuriate in the region’s poshest, most complete resort. Even the maids here are postcard perfect, dressed in kerchiefs, peasant skirts, and aprons designed by Oscar de la Renta.

    But outside the oasis of pleasure lies the rest of the Dominican Republic, one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere, where, increasingly, the people who live and work there are seeing their own dreams dissolve.

    Narration is by Edward James Olmos, who hosted a series of 13 half-hour Vanishing Homelands specials.

    Date

    August 1992

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    Themes: Lives, Economy
    Regions: Caribbean
    Media: Audio
    Other Contributors: Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
    Other Tags: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sugar cane, tourism