Underreported: Dominican Republic

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
This week’s edition of "Underreported" focuses on the Dominican Republic. We talk to President-elect Leonel Fernandez, Jeff Sachs, the director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, and Dr. Ramona Hernandez, director of CUNY's Dominican Studies Institute and a Professor of Sociology.

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Music: "Suite Folklorica Dominicana" by Luis Dias
"El Molde (Bachata)" by Willie Lapache
From the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings album Quisqueya en el Hudson: Dominican Music in New York City

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