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NOW FROM CBS 4 NEWS, THIS 3
IS "FACING SOUTH FLORIDA" WITH 3
JIM DEFEDE. 3
GOOD MORNING. 3
I'M JIM DEFEDE. 3
WELCOME TO "FACING SOUTH 3
FLORIDA." 3
WE'VE BEEN FEATURING SOME OF 3
THE CANDIDATES RUNNING TO BE 3
THE NEXT MAYOR OF MIAMI-DADE 3
COUNTY. 3
WE'LL BE TALKING TO ANOTHER 3
CANDIDATE, BUT FIRST THERE'S AN 3
OLD SAYING WHEN HAITI SNEEZES, 3
MIAMI CATCHES A COLD. 3
THE TWO COMMUNITIES ARE LINKED. 3
WHILE THERE'S BEEN DYSFUNCTION 3
IF HAITI, I WANT TO SPEND TIME 3
TALKING ABOUT IT. 3
WE HAVE JACQUELINE CHARLES. 3
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'VE 3
SEEN THIS WOKE ALONE. 3
THE EVENTS IN HAITI HAVE BEEN 3
RATHER STARTLING. 3
THE U.N. ENDED THEIR 3
PEACEKEEPING MISSION THAT'S 3
BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2004. 3
WE'VE SEEN VIOLENT PROTESTS, 3
CALLS FOR THE PRESIDENT OF 3
HAITI TO STEP DOWN. 3
FILL IN SOME OF THE BLANKS. 3
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN SEEING AND 3
WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT? 3
THIS IS THE WORST CRISIS 3
THAT HAS HIT HAITI. 3
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN IN 3
OFFICE FOR 32 MONTHS. 3
HE CAME IN AND CONTESTED. 3
SINCE HIS ELECTION, HE'S BEEN 3
FACING PROTESTS. 3
IT STARTED LAST MONTH AS A FUEL 3
CRISIS. 3
I WAS IN HAITI AT THE TIME. 3
YOU SEE LONG LINES HAVE YOU 3
PEOPLE WAITING FOR FUEL, COULD 3
NOT GET FUEL. 3
THAT MORPHED INTO THE CURRENT 3
CRISIS WE'RE SEEING WITH THE 3
VIOLENT PROTESTS. 3
WE'RE NOW IN WEEK FIVE. 3
WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT 3
PROTESTS BUT THE FACT THAT 2 3
MILLION CIZS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE 3
TO GO TO SCHOOL SINCE SEPTEMBER 3
9thED A LOT OF SCHOOLS HAVE NOT 3
BEEN OPEN THEIR DOORS. 3
WHY IS THAT? 3
INTO BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE 3
BARRICADED. 3
THERE ARE LITERALLY AREAS IN 3
PORT-AU-PRINCE THAT UPKIND GET 3
TO. 3
THERE ARE REGIONS CUT OFF FROM 3
OTHER PARTS. 3
THEY DUG A DITCH, SO CARS CAN'T 3
CROSS. 3
IF YOU'RE GOING ACROSS THE 3
BORDER THERE'S A TRAILER. 3
THIS MORNING I SAW PHOTOS WHERE 3
PEOPLE TOOK THE EQUIVALENT OF 3
BED SHEETS AND PUT THEM ACROSS 3
SO PEOPLE CAN'T CROSS THE ROAD. 3
THEY'RE CALLING FOR THE 3
PRESIDENT TO STEP DOWN, CIVIL 3
SOCIETY GROUPS. 3
WE HAVE STUDENTS ON A HUNGER 3
STRIKE. 3
THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF HAITI 3
IN PORT-AU-PRINCE. 3
THE CURRENCY HAS BEEN 3
DEPRECIATING. 3
WE HAVE A HUMAN AARON CRISIS 3
679. 3
MEAN FOOD AND MEDICINE CAN'T 3
GET TO SOME PLACES. 3
A GALLON OF GASOLINE SELLS AT 3
THE EQUIVALENT OF $16 U.S. 3
DOLLARS. 3
NO LIGHTS ARE ON. 3
NOTHING IS GETTING THROUGH. 3
THOSE PUTTING UP THE BARRICADES 3
SAID THEY WILL KEEP THE 3
BARRICADES UP. 3
HE SAID HOWEVER LONG IT 3
TAKES, I'M READY FOR DIALOGUE. 3
WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER 1986. 3
HE'S SAYING THAT TRANSITION 3
COMES FROM ELECTIONS F YOU 3
FORCE ME FROM OFFICE WHICH IN 3
1986 WAS FORCING BABY DOC FROM 3
OFFICE, CHAOS ENSUES. 3
THERE HAS TO BE A SYSTEM WHERE 3
YOU CALL FOR ELECTIONS AND THE 3
ELECTIONS LEAD TO CHANGES, NOT 3
JUST PROTESTS IN THE STREETS. 3
WELL, THAT HAS BEEN HIS 3
ARGUMENT FROM THE BEGINNING. 3
WHAT THE OPPOSITION IS SAYING 3
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE. 3
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MET 3
WITH HIM IN ST. LUCIA AND ASKED 3
HIM TO HOLD NATIONAL DIALOGUES. 3
HE WOULD PUT UP A COMMITTEE AND 3
GO AROUND IT. 3
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW 3
SINCERE HE WAS. 3
THE HAITIAN PRESS IS REPORTING 3
THAT HIS OWN COMMISSION THAT HE 3
PUT IN PLACE, FOUR OF THE 3
MEMBERS RESIGNED. 3
SO HERE YOU ARE TODAY, WHAT 3
DOES THAT SAY. 3
THE ISSUE HE'S FACING IS 3
CORRUPTION. 3
YOU HAVE A YOUNG POPULATION IN 3
HAITI TODAY AND I DON'T KNOW IF 3
IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHAT BUT 3
THERE'S AN AWAKENING GOING ON 3
THAT THIS HAS REACHED A LIMIT. 3
THEY'RE SAYING, WHEN WE LOOK IN 3
TERMS OF THE VENEZUELA AID 3
PROGRAM, $4 BILLION SINCE 2008 3
AND THIS IS MONEY THAT COULD 3
HAVE BEEN USED TO REBUILD AFTER 3
THE EARTHQUAKE AND YOU HAVE A 3
PRESIDENT IMPLICATED IN A 3
GOVERNMENT AUDIT THAT SAYS YOU 3
HAVE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN AN 3
EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEME TO DEFRAUD 3
THE POOR. 3
WAIT A MINUTE. 3
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET JUSTICE. 3
YOU'RE IMPLEMENTED. 3
YOU NEED TO STEP DOWN. 3
WHEN YOU HEAR ALLEGATIONS THAT 3
HAITIAN SENATORS ARE TAKING 3
BRIBES, THE PRIME MINISTER WHO 3
HAS HIS OWN CORRUPTION 3
CONTROVERSIES, THIS IS WHEN 3
THINGS POP OFF. 3
LET'S BE REALISTIC IN ONE 3
ASPECT. 3
HEARING ABOUT HAITIAN 3
CORRUPTION DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A 3
NEW PHENOMENON. 3
IT'S NOT, BUT WHAT WE NEVER 3
SAW BEFORE WERE SENATORS WHO 3
WENT ON RADIO AND ADMITTED ON 3
THE ONE HAND THAT THEY ACCEPTED 3
THE MONEY AND SECONDLY, THAT 3
VOTE BUYING IS A COMMON 3
PRACTICE. 3
THIS HAPPENED THE WEEK OF 3
SEPTEMBER 16. 3
THAT'S WHEN THIS WENT FROM FUEL 3
SHORTAGES TO HE HAS TO GO. 3
THIS BOGGLES MY MIND. 3
AS YOU MENTIONED 20%, INFLATION 3
RATE OF OVER 20. 3
60% MAKE LESS THAN $2 A 3
DAY. 3
25% MAKE LESS THAN $1 A DAY. 3
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GASOLINE 3
BEING $16 A GALLON, THINK ABOUT 3
THAT IN TERMS OF ALL OF THIS. 3
I WAS CURIOUS. 3
WAS THERE ANY LINKAGE AT ALL 3
WITH HAITIANS SEEING WHAT'S 3
GOING ON IN PUERTO RICO, IF 3
THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT 3
HAPPENED THERE. 3
WHAT HAPPENED, WE LOOKED 3
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THIS 3
PRESIDENT HAS FACED PROTESTS. 3
LAST JULY WHEN THE GOVERNMENT 3
TRIED TO RAISE THE PRICE OF 3
FUEL WHICH IS LESS THAN 2 A 3
GALLON AND THEY SHUT DOWN THE 3
COUNTRY FOR THREE DAYS AND IN 3
FEBRUARY THEY SHUT DOWN THE 3
COUNTRY FOR A MONTH. 3
ON MAY 31st, PROTESTS STARTED 3
AGAIN. 3
THEN WE HAD A QUIET SUMMER AND 3
THE FUEL SHORTAGE. 3
HAITI'S FOUL BILL THEY OWE $130 3
MILLION. 3
THE ONLY REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T 3
SEEN THE FOUL SHORTAGE IS THAT 3
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOCKED IN 3
THEIR HOMES FOR FIVE WEEKS SO 3
THERE'S FUEL THERE EYE USED THE 3
PHRASE EARLIER WHEN HAITI 3
SNEEZES, MIAMI DEVELOPS A COLD. 3
WE WERE DEBATING WHERE IT CAME 3
FROM. 3
IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY THE 3
ARCHBISHOP. 3
OTHER THAN THAT, WHY SHOULD 3
FOLKS IN SOUTH FLORIDA CARE? 3
WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY IS A 3
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT'S 3
HAPPENING WELL OFF OUR SHORES. 3
THE BOATS ARE LEAVING BUT 3
THEY'RE ENDING UP IN THE 3
BAHAMAS, IN THE TURKS AND 3
CAICOS. 3
THOSE ARE TWO NATIONS THAT 3
CAN'T DEAL WITH THE INFLUX OF 3
ILLEGAL MIGRATION. 3
U.S. TAX DOLLARS WERE INVOLVED 3
IN HAITI, THE BIGGEST FUNDER OF 3
SERVICES IN HAITI THROUGH 3
USAID. 3
TODAY HAITIANS ARE SAYING WHERE 3
IS THE U.S. BUT HAITI IS 3
CONTRADICTORY. 3
THEY DON'T WANT U.S. 3
INTERFERENCE BUT AT THE SAME 3
TIME STOP SUPPORTING THIS 3
PRESIDENT. 3
THE QUESTION SHOULD BE 3
SHOULD U.S. DOLLARS BE GOING 3
INTO HAITI IF WE CAN'T 3
GUARANTEE THE U.S. DOLLARS ARE 3
BEING SPENT CORRECTLY. 3
THE U.S. DOLLARS THAT GO 3
INTO HAITI REMAIN WITH USAID. 3
THEY'RE NOT FUNDING SERVICES, 3
THEN U.S. TAXPAYER SHOULD ASK 3
THAT QUESTION. 3
BACK TO WHY FLORIDA SHOULD 3
CARE. 3
WE SEAT CONNECTION HERE. 3
PEOPLE TAKE CARE OF THEIR 3
FAMILY'S HOME. 3
IF HAITI CONTINUES TO 3
DETERIORATE, BELIEVE ME WE WILL 3
SEE THE BOATS. 3
THEY WILL MAKE IT TO OUR 3
SHORES. 3
DO WE WEIGHT UNTIL THEY MAKE IT 3
TO OUR SHORES OR SEE WHAT CAN 3
BE DONE. 3
HAITI COULD BE USED AS A 3
TRANSSHIPMENT POINT. 3
FOR ALL SORTS OF THINGS, COULD 3
FALL UNDER THE SWAY OF PEOPLE 3
WHO ARE NOT FAVORABLE TO THE 3
SUNSHINE. 3
THERE'S CURRENTLY A 3
BREAKDOWN OF LAW. 3
THERE'S ANARCHY. 3
NEITHER THE GOVERNMENT OR 3
OPPOSITION CONTROLS ANYTHING. 3
THEY'RE BEING OVERRUN BY GANGS. 3
THE U.N. PEACEKEEPING 3
MISSION ENDED THIS WOKE AFTER 3
STARTING IN 2004. 3
NOW IT'S COMPLETELY ON THE 3
HAITIANS. 3
THE CHIEF TOLD THE SECURITY 3
COUNCIL THAT PROGRESS SINCE 3
2004 HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE. 3
THAT SOUNDS LIKE SUGAR COATING. 3
HAS THERE BEEN CONSIDERABLE 3
PROGRESS. 3
TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THE 3
MILITARY PRESENCE LEFT WE HAD 3
PERIODS OF STABILITY. 3
GIVEN THAT THE PEACEKEEPERS 3
LEFT. 3
THE STATIONS HAVE BEEN SET FIRE 3
TO. 3
THE CARS SET ABLAZE THEY'RE 3
SAYING WHAT DID THE 3
STABILIZATION DON'T. 3
WE WERE NOT THERE TO FIX HAITI 3
BUT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH STA 3
BELT. 3
IF ANYBODY FAILED. 3
THEY FAILED TO RISE TO THE 3
CHAL. 3
JACK ECONOMY CHARLES. 3
WE'LL FOLLOW THIS STORY AND 3