[NYTr] "Big Sugar" - CBC Documentary on the World's Sugar Barons & Their Cartels

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Infrmation Clearing Hose - Oct 8, 2007
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"Big Sugar"

2- Part Documentary by CBC

Big Sugar explores the dark history and modern power of the world's
reigning sugar cartels. Using dramatic reenactments, it reveals how
sugar was at the heart of slavery in the West Indies in the 18th
century, while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a
sugar-based diet.

Going undercover, Big Sugar witnesses the appalling working conditions
on plantations in the Dominican Republic, where Haitian cane cutters
live like slaves. Workers who live on Central Romano, a Fanjul-owned
plantation, go hungry while working 12-hour days to earn $2 (US).

(Remember this before you buy your next bottle of Bacardi Rum)

[VIDEO LINK HERE]