People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places.
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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.Edwidge Danticat
In terms of the idea of long-term occupation - I have been reading a little bit more about this period - and you can see in that occupation are many lessons for the current occupation of Iraq. So we have these connections that go way back that people aren't aware of.
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That's whatever news topic, whatever political process any country is going through - whenever they are in the news, that's when they exist. If you don't see them they don't exist.
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You have also at the same time Castro and the revolution being the glue that held the United States together with a lot of these dictators.
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More and more people are able to access information - thank goodness we have the Internet and if you are interested you can find things. Which is different than even 20 years ago.
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