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Jacqueline Charles:

I don't know we can say that Haiti is, you know, poverty is the result of foreign intervention.

I mean, yes, Haiti has had different countries intervening, including in 1915, with the United Nations — with the United States, that went into Haiti, and it went in, and it created the present day, you know, tax collection agencies, and other structures that exist in Haiti today are a result of the U.S. involvement in Haiti 1915, that remains a controversial point of contention for some people.

They see it differently, including the most recently by United Nations peacekeepers, will you say the Haitians, do you want a foreign occupation? Yes, they're got to tell, you know, they see their country is being sovereign, despite the problems.

But when you say to Haitians, hey, do you want some assistance for your security forces? You will hear from people yes, we're not talking about the politicians or the people that have the microphone. We're talking about the mother who was worried about her child being raped or killed or kidnapped when that child has to go to school. We have had children who have not been able to go to school. We have a lost generation in this country.

And so you know, and I'm responsible for this too. As journalists, we don't talk enough to the people on the ground, that people who don't have access to the television stations or the radio stations, and they're the people that are enduring the suffering.

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