The Dominican Republic It adds to the list of Latin American countries seeking space in Washington through signatures of linked lobbying to the first Trump administration.
According to a report of the Quincy Institute For Responsible Statecrafta Think Tank Based at Washington specialized in foreign policy, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM) hired $ 330,000 to the signature Continental StrategyLLCfounded by Carlos Trujillo, former ambassador of Trump before the Organization of American States (OAS).
The documents deposited in the Registration unit of foreign agents (Fara) of the US Department of Justice.Nearshoring) in front of duty that the Trump administration has imposed on Mexico and China.
In parallel, Peru hired the same firm for $ 390,000 to try to reverse a 50 % tariff to copper.
The company, which runs in Washington Alberto Martínezformer head of the current Secretary of State Marco Rubiohas become the entrance door to the White House for Latin American and Caribbean governments.
So far from 2025, he has already signed contracts with Guyana, Haiti and the Dominican Intelligence Agencyin addition to having mediated in an agreement of billions of dollars in port infrastructure in Panama with a consortium headed by Blackrock.
The combined value of these contracts amounts to at least 1.2 million dollars, according to the files cited by Quincy Institute.
Corporate clients
At the corporate level, Continental It also represents more controversial interests. Among its customers are a Dominican sugar producer sanctioned by the Biden administration for complaints of forced labora Haitian conglomerate whose owner was sanctioned by Canada for “protecting and enabling illegal armed bands”, and a Honduran autonomous city backed by risk capital that demands the State for a third of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) before the World Bank.
Only in 2025, these corporate efforts have generated 2.3 million dollars additional income for the firm.
Continental, which also uses Katie Wilesdaughter of the current Chief of Cabinet of the White House, Susie Wilesreported a growth of 2,800 % in its revenues of the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous year, incorporating more than 60 new clients from Trump’s choice, including countries as diverse as Kenya, Japan and Albania.
The report of Quincy Institute It emphasizes that the success of the firm is not only due to its political ties in Florida and Washington, but also to an internal policy: work only with governments and companies “aligned” with the objectives of the Trump administration.
Trujillo explained it in May: “We did not appear in the world Trump two months ago… Our relationships facilitate navigation in Washington. “
The Dominican strategy seeks to take advantage of that privileged access to consolidate its role as an investment pole and manufacture In the region.
At a time when global supply chains are reconfigured and competition for attracting industries intensifies, hiring Continental Strategy Place the Dominican Republic in a direct interlocution space with the US administration.
