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Dominican Republic – The Orwellian Caribbean – Sugar coated media censorship and political corruption. In a recent Haiti Analysis article we analyzed Dominican Republic´s political scene towards the 2020 elections, & some aspects of its political corruption, and how Dominican society reacted in recent times to what it perceives as its number one problem, above crime, unemployment and the high cost of living; which is the national scourge of corruption .          Here we focus on media censorship as a sugar coated subject in Dominican mainstream media, in complicit connection with political corruption, though in public forums this is debated from time to time, but without tangible results.   Regarding corruption Transparency International has classified Dominican Republic, as one of the most corrupt countries in the world , but in spite of these scathing and credible allegations, not very long ago Dominican President Medina brazenly asked the press, “where are the