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

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"I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles."

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"I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind."

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