Junot Díaz has lost an award in the Dominican Republic following an act of political activism in Washington.
The Dominican Republic’s consul in New York, Eduardo Selman, reportedly revoked the merit award which was given to Diaz in 2009. The Guardian has the scoop:
Diaz, who was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to New Jersey at the age of six, went to Washington on Thursday with the Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat, there to urge the US government to take action to curb what they said was the persecution of large numbers of immigrants, mainly Haitians, in the Dominican Republic.