I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.
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Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua. Or in Columbia right now.Edwidge Danticat
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
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On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away.
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You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need a birth certificate or some official paper from the government, you have to travel to the city.
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People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.
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People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it.
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