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Bill Quigley: Why the U.S. Owes Haiti Billions - 2 views

counterpunch.org/quigley01182010.html

shared by Nicole EWSIS on 19 Jan 10 - Cached
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  • President Woodrow Wilson sent troops to invade in 1915.  Revolts by Haitians were put down by US military – killing over 2000 in one skirmish alone
  • By ruining Haitian agriculture, the US has forced Haiti into becoming the third largest world market for US rice.
Nicole EWSIS

"The Sound of Screaming Is Constant" - Haiti Devastated by Massive Earthquake, Desperat... - 0 views

www.democracynow.org/...sound_of_screaming_is_constant

shared by Nicole EWSIS on 15 Jan 10 - Cached
  • but he died right there today in front of us and had to be just carried off.
Nicole EWSIS

In Ariz. Town, Main Street Is A Border Crossing : NPR - 0 views

www.npr.org/...transcript.php

shared by Nicole EWSIS on 15 Sep 09 - No Cached
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  • We've got 40,000 to 50,000 on our peak time, people coming across.
    • Nicole EWSIS
      Nicole EWSIS on 22 Sep 09
       
      I had no idea so many people legally crossed the borders in one day. I always thought by the stereotypical way people always talked about it, that only illegal immigrants could come in because it was so difficult for people to do it legally.
  • But when I got out, back to work.
    • Nicole EWSIS
      Nicole EWSIS on 22 Sep 09
       
      I found this extremely shocking because I can not believe that someone could get committed for a crime and still work as a legal immigrant in the USA.
  • Mayor ESCAMILLA: Right now, we're on Main Street and you can see that there's some farm workers right now.
    • Nicole EWSIS
      Nicole EWSIS on 22 Sep 09
       
      I found this interesting because when I go to main street I only see Asian families and people. I see markets and small business, but in Arizona Main st is full of Mexican farmers and immigrants
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  • they really like it a lot. Unidentified Man #7: (Spanish spoken) Ms. ESCAMILLA: (Through translator) And with that, they go to the fields to work really happy. Mr. SILVA: I work in the farm before in Mexico, but I started to work in the United States (unintelligible) 17 years old. When 1986, my wife, she passed away. I lose my car, I lose my pickup, I lose my small beans I had. I lose everything. And now I feel like my life is over. I don't see a reason to live. And these guy, he offered me to cross his car, and he put 30 pounds of dope inside. When I'm coming to cross the borderline over here in San Luis, Arizona, the officer, he saw me nervous with the way I speak to him. So, when the guy opened the trunk, he (unintelligible). In prison, I'm going to the book library and I find the bible and I start to read it. I never speak English the way I'm speaking to you now, never.
  • Yeah, because you're working 14, 16 hours a day.
    • Nicole EWSIS
      Nicole EWSIS on 22 Sep 09
       
      That is a really long time to be working. I don't think I could do that.
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