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. Edwidge Danticat countryexistnews Change image and share on social
Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy. Edwidge Danticat friendinterestnation Change image and share on social
You have all these people in the city and everything has become centralized. If you live outside the city and you need a birth certificate or some official paper from the government, you have to travel to the city. Edwidge Danticat birthcentralizecertificate share on social
Creating these messes that go from administration to administration and then you swoop in and clean them up - with that heroic Delta force - people not realizing that they were always there but doing different things than what we see them doing at the moment. Edwidge Danticat administrationcleancreate share on social
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States. Edwidge Danticat duvalierhaitistate Change image and share on social
I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind. Edwidge Danticat countrydailyfuture Change image and share on social
Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua. Or in Columbia right now. Edwidge Danticat awarecolumbiahaiti Change image and share on social
Or even the state of Florida, where they are prepared to execute children. Umm, well, you hope that at least that there is something there to be claimed. Edwidge Danticat childclaimexecute Change image and share on social
I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when It's at its extreme. And that's what they end up knowing about it. Edwidge Danticat endextremehaiti Change image and share on social
On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What happened recently in Spain affects us here and brings questions up. It is too bad that people have to be shaken up in that way. Edwidge Danticat affectbadbring share on social
