QQ on #dris are single-constructor data types "free" in the way Haskell `newtype`s are?

I think part of the problem I'm running into is too many type aliases?

"#INTEC institutional #CRIS indexed in @euroCRIS #DRIS" -- [Spanish language] press release from this Dominican Uni following their visit to and presentation at the most recent @euroCRIS event in Paris

https://www.intec.edu.do/notas-de-prensa/item/portal-de-sistemas-de-informacion-de-investigacion-del-intec-se-indexa-a-base-de-datos-de-eurocris?category_id=306

(thanks from both our President and Secretary to M Madé for the nice pic and text)