DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Anibal de Castro, executive editor of Diario Libre, analyzed the recent speech given by US Ambassador Leah Francis Campos to the audience of the American Chamber of Commerce and characterized it as a public redefinition of Washington’s policy toward the Dominican Republic under the new Trump administration.

Anibal de Castro is one of the country’s most veteran diplomats, having been the Dominican ambassador to the United Kingdom (2004-2011) and United States (2011-2014) Spain (2014-2017) and the European Union (2017-2020).

He remarked that the key revelation of the AmCham luncheon speech was Campos’s admission that the previous Biden administration had pressured the DR to keep its border with Haiti open during crises, a policy she criticized. In contrast, she declared the US is now “100% aligned” with President Abinader’s government on prioritizing territorial sovereignty and border security. This shift closes the chapter on bilateral friction over migration controls and...