"And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934."

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"And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934."

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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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"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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"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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