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>>> WE HAVE THE LARGEST AMOUNTS   
 OF POLLUTION EMITTED INTO THE

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AIR.

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>> ME, HIM, HIS SISTER GOT        
 CANCER.

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>> WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON,     
 ALL THIS LAND OWNED BY BLACK

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PEOPLE?

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>> THE MAJORITY.

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>> YES.

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>> WHAT ARE THESE COMPANIES       
 TELLING Y'ALL?

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>> THAT IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT.

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>> WHO'S DETERMINING IF IT'S      
 SAFE OR NOT?

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>> IF MY KIN FOLKS IS DYING FROM 
 CANCER, IT'S NOT SAFE.

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>> I'M FEELING TENSE RIGHT NOW.

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>> NO OTHER JOURNALISTS HAVE      
 BEEN TO CUBA SINCE PROTESTS

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ERUPTED LAST JULY.                
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> THERE'S A VERY, VERY HIGH      
 CHANCE THAT WE'RE BEING WATCHED.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>>> WE WANT JUSTICE!

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>>> WE'RE DRIVING THROUGH         
 LOUISIANA, ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI

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RIVER BETWEEN BATON ROUGE AND     
 NEW ORLEANS.

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THIS 85 MILE STRETCH HAS ABOUT    
 150 PETROL CHEMICAL PLANTS AND

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REFINERIES.                       
 PEOPLE DOWN HERE, THEY CALL IT

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CANCER ALLEY, BECAUSE IF YOU      
 LIVE HERE, YOU'RE 50 TIMES MORE

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LIKELY TO GET CANCER THAN THE     
 AVERAGE AMERICAN ELSEWHERE.

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I MEAN, THAT'S INSANE.            
 AT THE CENTER OF CANCER ALLEY IS

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ST. JAMES PARISH, A COMMUNITY OF 
 21,000 RESIDENTS.

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THE PARISH IS BROKEN DOWN INTO    
 SEVEN DISTRICTS.

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THE FOURTH AND FIFTH DISTRICTS    
 ARE 61 AND 91% BLACK

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RESPECTIVELY AND THIS IS WHERE    
 MOST OF THE PLANTS ARE LOCATED.

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IN 2014, THE COUNCIL REZONED      
 THEM FROM RESIDENTIAL TO

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RESIDENTIAL/FUTURE INDUSTRIAL     
 WHICH HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR EVEN

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MORE PLANTS TO BE BUILT.          
 LEROY FRAZIER AND JANICE

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FARBER'S ROOTS RUN DEEP IN THE    
 PARISH.

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YOU REMEMBER WHEN NONE OF THIS    
 WAS HERE?

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>> NO.                            
 THIS WAS SUGAR CANE OVER THERE.

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SUGAR CANE AND SOYBEAN.           
 WE USED TO HAVE FRUIT TREES IN

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OUR YARD.                         
 WE DON'T HAVE THAT NO MORE SINCE

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THE PLANTS CAME.

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>> WHAT ABOUT THE EFFECT ON THE   
 PEOPLE?

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HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW       
 PERSONALLY THAT HAVE CANCER?

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>> I'M ONE OF THEM.               
 TWICE.

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>> ME, HIM, HIS SISTER, MY        
 SISTER.

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AND WE ALL WAS FROM HERE.         
 JUST THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.

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>> WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE   
 SURROUNDED BY ALL THIS DEATH?

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>> EITHER YOU GET USED TO IT AND 
 LIVE ON OR YOU TRY TO GET

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SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT.          
 BUT I BEAT CANCER TWICE.

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AND I DON'T THINK I'LL BEAT IT A 
 THIRD TIME.

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>> WOULD YOU EVER LEAVE?

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>> NO.                            
 THIS IS MY HOME.

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YOU HAVE TO CARRY ME OUT.

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>> MANY RESIDENTS OF ST. JAMES    
 PARISH LIVE IN WHAT'S KNOWN AS A

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SACRIFICE ZONE, A TERM USED TO    
 DESCRIBE AN AREA WHERE PEOPLE OF

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COLOR LIVE NEXT DOOR TO           
 INDUSTRIES WITH HEAVY POLLUTION.

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THE EXPRESSION ORGANIZE NATES     
 FROM THE COLD WAR ERA WHEN

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PARCELS OF LANDS WERE DESIGNATED 
 AS CONTAMINATED FROM NUCLEAR

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WEAPONS PRODUCTION.

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>> THIS HOUSE HERE, THIS          
 ELAINE'S HOUSE.

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SHE HAS VERY BAD ASTHMA, SHE HAS 
 CANCER.

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THE HOUSE IS A SISTER THAT DIED   
 THAT SHE HAD CANCER, AND THEY

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BABY SISTER GOT CANCER, STAGE 4   
 CANCER.

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>> ALL THESE FOLKS WITH           
 RESPIRATORY ILLNESS AND CANCER,

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WHAT ARE THESE COMPANIES TELLING 
 Y'ALL?

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>> THAT IT'S NOT THEY FAULT.      
 IT'S NOT THEY FAULT.

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>> FOR YEARS, THE ST. JAMES       
 GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED TO POSITION

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ITSELF AS THE IDEAL COMMUNITY     
 AND LOCATION FOR INDUSTRY.

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BUT MANY RESIDENTS IN THE         
 INDUSTRY'S PATH HAVE A DIFFERENT

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TAKE.                             
 DER RE-WHITTINGTON, WHO WORKS IN

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A PLANT HAS WITNESSED FIRSTHAND   
 THE EFFECTS WHEN THE PLANTS COME

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IN.

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>> FROM THAT WHITE TRUCK FROM     
 THE EDGE OF THAT DITCH GOING

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BACK WAS BOUGHT RECENTLY.         
 SO THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A

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PLANT AND THAT BRUSH RIGHT        
 THERE, THAT'S PART OF THE

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PROPERTY THAT GOES ALL THE WAY    
 TO THE BACK.

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IT WILL BE SOLD.

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>> YOUR HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE.

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>> YEAH, MY HOUSE IS HERE.        
 SO AT SOME POINT THEY GOT TO PUT

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A EVACUATION ROUTE, WHICH         
 THEY'RE PROPOSING TO PUT IT

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HERE.

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>> ON THIS PERSON LAND?

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>> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT      
 PERSON LAND AT SOME POINT WHEN

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THEY DECIDE THIS IS WHERE IT      
 NEEDS TO BE.

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>> ARE YOU CONCERNED WITH YOUR    
 HEALTH?

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>> YES, I AM.                     
 ABSOLUTELY.

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IT'S CANCER ALLEY.                
 ENOUGH SAID.

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I THINK IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL        
 RACISM AT ITS FINEST.

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>> AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS       
 ALL -- ALL OF THIS LAND OWNED BY

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BLACK PEOPLE?

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>> THE MAJORITY, YES.             
 PROBABLY 80%.

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MAYBE MORE.

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>> ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS A      
 RELATIVELY NEW TERM, BUT ITS

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EFFECTS HAVE BEEN FELT FOR        
 DECADES.

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IT WAS COINED IN THE '80s WHEN A 
 MAJORITY BLACK COUNTY IN NORTH

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CAROLINA PROTESTED OVER THE PLAN 
 TO PUT A HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND

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FILL IN THEIR COMMUNITY.          
 TODAY YOU SEE IT WITH PIPELINES

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IN INDIGENOUS LANDS AND THE       
 WATER CRISIS IN FLINT, MICHIGAN.

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ST. JAMES PARISH WAS MOSTLY       
 SUGAR CANE BEFORE THE PETROL

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CHEMICAL TOOK OVER.               
 ENSLAVED AFRICANS WERE BROUGHT

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IN TO WORK AND BECAME             
 SHARECROPPERS AFTER THE SILL

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WAR.                              
 WHEN THE INDUSTRIAL BOOM CAME

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THERE WAS VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT.

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>> YOU SEE THE ONE OIL REFINERY   
 THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THERE FROM

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1930s TO 1950, IT'S NOW 14        
 FACILITIES AND THAT DRIVES OUT

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ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE    
 COMMUNITIES.

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YOU DON'T SEE GROCERY STORES,     
 FLORISTS.

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BUT YOU SEE HOMES AND GRAVE       
 SITES AND SMOKESTACKS OF THE

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INDUSTRIES.

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>> WOULD YOU CALL THESE PARISHES 
 ALONG CANCER ALLEY TO BE

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SACRIFICE ZONES.

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>> THEY'VE BEEN TREATED AS        
 THOUGH THEY'RE SACRIFICE ZONES.

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FACILITIES WERE ALLOWED TO GO     
 INTO AREAS AND OPERATE AT A TIME

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WHEN BLACK PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE A 
 RIGHT TO VOTE.

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THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY             
 DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY OVER

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WHERE THOSE INDUSTRIES WOULD      
 OPERATE OR LOCATE.

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SO WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE OIL 
 AND GAS AND PLASTIC INJURIES ARE

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ROOTED IN THAT SYSTEMIC RACISM    
 THAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

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FIGHTING SINCE THE DAYS OF JIM    
 CROW.

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>> PEOPLE CALL THIS               
 ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.

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HOW DO YOU PROVE IT?

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>> SO ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS     
 THE RESULT OF DENYING

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HEALTH 
 PROTECTIONS TO BLACK AND OTHER

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PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES, BUT 
 IT'S A GLOBAL PHENOMENON.

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THE SITUATION WE HAVE WITHIN OUR 
 U.S. IS THAT RACISM HAS TO BE

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SHOWN TO BE INTENTIONAL.          
 AND A HUMAN RIGHTS AND

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INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS        
 SPHERE, RACISM IS RACISM.

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>> BY U.S. STANDARDS, MAYBE A     
 BIT DIFFICULT TO PROVE

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ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.             
 BUT WHAT YOU WILL FIND IS THAT

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MOST OF THE CHEMICAL PLANTS IN    
 ST. JAMES ARE LOCATED IN

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SPECIFIC DISTRICTS.               
 THE OTHER DISTRICTS, THEY LOOK A

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BIT DIFFERENT.                    
 AND WHILE MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T

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WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A PLANT,     
 IT'S ULTIMATELY THE PARISH

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COUNCIL THAT APPROVES THE LAND    
 USE PERMITS NEEDED TO BUILD

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HERE.                             
 AS THE PRESIDENT OF ST. JAMES

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PARISH IN HIS FIRST TERM, PETE    
 WASN'T AROUND WHEN THE PLANTS

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CAME TO THE COMMUNITY BUT HE'S    
 INHERITED THE ISSUES THAT COME

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ALONG WITH THEM.                  
 DO YOU BELIEVE WHEN THESE

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INDUSTRIAL PLANTS COME TO A       
 COMMUNITY THAT THEY ENHANCE THE

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COMMUNITY?

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>> THE REVENUE THAT ST. JAMES     
 PARISH GOVERNMENT OPERATES OFF

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OF IS 73% FROM INDUSTRY.          
 WHAT WOULD WE HAVE HERE IF WE

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DIDN'T HAVE INDUSTRY?

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>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ST.      
 JAMES PARISH BEING ALONG A

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STRETCH THAT PEOPLE CALL CANCER   
 ALLEY AS A RESULT OF THESE

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COMPANIES BEING HERE.

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>> WELL, I THINK CANCER ALLEY,    
 THE TERM CANCER ALLEY IS A MYTH

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THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE           
 DEBUNKED.

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THAT OR WE RECEIVED FROM THE      
 TUMOR REGISTRY REPORTS THIS WAS

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NOT CANCER ALLEY.                 
 THE CANCER RATE HERE IS NOT ANY

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DIFFERENT THAN NEIGHBORING        
 PARISHES.

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I CAN'T LEAD MY COMMUNITY BASED   
 ON FEELINGS.

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>> I RESPECT THAT.                
 I RESPECT THAT.

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WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT WOULD    
 SEEM TO ME THAT YOU WOULD WANT

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TO ENGAGE THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 
 SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR

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DESIRE TO JUST WANT TO LIVE.

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>> AND I DO, I WANT THAT FOR      
 MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AS WELL.

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WE ALL WANT TO LIVE AND WORK AND 
 PLAY IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S SAFE.

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BUT WHO'S DETERMINING IF IT'S     
 SAFE OR NOT?

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>> IF MY KIN FOLKS ARE DYING      
 FROM CANCER, IT'S NOT SAFE.

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>> IF IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY        
 ATTENTION AND THAT A SPECIFIC

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INDUSTRY COULD BE IDENTIFIED      
 THAT'S CAUSING CANCER AND

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HARMFUL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS    
 I'D BE THE FIRST ONE OUT FRONT

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GETTING RID OF THEM.

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>> PRESIDENT DUFRAIN ISN'T        
 NECESSARILY WRONG.

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THERE'S NOT MUCH SCIENCE          
 AVAILABLE FROM GOVERNMENT

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ENTITIES AND THE GOVERNMENT DATA 
 THAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED DOESN'T

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TELL THE FULL STORY.              
 IN A JUNE TULANE UNIVERSITY

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PUBLISHED A REPORT THAT IT IS     
 LINKED TO HIGHER CANCER RATES.

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COMMUNITIES WITH HIGH TOXIC AIR   
 POLLUTION HAD CANCER RATES OF

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515 CASES PER 100,000 RESIDENTS. 
 SO WITH A LACK OF INFORMATION

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FROM THE GOVERNMENT, LOCAL        
 SCIENTISTS HAVE STEPPED UP TO

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FILL THE VOID.

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>> THIS IS NOT CODE.

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>> SCOTT, A COMMUNITY SCIENCE     
 DIRECTOR SAYS FOLKS HAVE BEEN

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BEGGING HIM TO HELP GATHER        
 INFORMATION.

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SO WITH DONATION FUNDED MONITORS 
 THAT MONITOR PARTICULATES IN THE

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AIR, HE'S BEEN TRYING TO COLLECT 
 DATA THAT SUPPORTS THE NUMBER OF

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CANCER, ASTHMA AND OTHER          
 ILLNESSES.

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WHAT IS IT THAT'S HAPPENING       
 THAT'S SO TROUBLING TO YOU?

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>> WE HAVE A LOCATION WITH THE    
 LARGEST AMOUNTS OF POLLUTION

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BEING EMITTED INTO THE AIR AND    
 NO STUDIES ON HOW THAT'S

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AFFECTING PEOPLE.                 
 UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, THE TUMOR

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REGISTRY ONLY RECORDED CANCER     
 INCIDENTS AT THE LOCATION OF THE

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HOSPITAL NOT WHERE PEOPLE LIVE    
 AND BREATHE.

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AND WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND         
 BREATHE IS WHERE WE WANT TO

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MEASURE THE POLLUTION.

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>> IS ANY OF THIS BEING DONE      
 FROM THE STATE?

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>> THE STATE SAYS THAT THEY       
 CAN'T AFFORD TO DO IT.

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THEY SAID IT WOULD COST THEM      
 ALMOST 5 MILLION A YEAR.

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>> 5 MILLION A YEAR?

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>> YEAH.                          
 THAT'S APPARENTLY LIKE WAY TOO

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MUCH.

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>> THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT 
 OF MONEY FOR A STATE BUDGET.

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>> IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY   
 FOR THE VALUE OF EVERYONE'S

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HEALTH.

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>> SCOTT, NO DISRESPECT, BUT IF   
 IT'S JUST ME AND YOU DRIVING

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AROUND IN THIS HONDA IN THE RAIN 
 AND THAT'S THE HOPE THE

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COMMUNITY HAS, THEY MIGHT BE IN   
 TROUBLE.

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HUH?

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>> YEAH.                          
 YEAH.

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I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

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>> IN APRIL OF 2018, NEWS BROKE   
 THAT A NEW PETROL PLANT WAS

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GOING TO BE BUILT.                
 FOR MOST PLASTIC PLANTS TO BUILT

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A PLANT IN THE FIFTH DISTRICT.    
 FROM ITS OWN PERMIT, IT'S

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ESTIMATED TO EMIT 800 TONS OF     
 TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS PER YEAR.

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INCLUDING TWO CHEMICALS THE EPA   
 CLASSIFIES AS CANCER CAUSING

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AGENTS.                           
 BUT THEY DENY ANY SERIOUS HEALTH

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CLAIMS CLAIMS SAYING THEY'RE    
             FALSE AND

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UNCLASSIFIED AND THE PLANT WAS    
 APPROVED BECAUSE IT RELIED ON

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SOUND SCIENCE AND DESIGN AND MET 
 ALL REGULATORY RULES.

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IN AUGUST, THE ARMY CORPS OF      
 ENGINEERS ANNOUNCED IT WOULD

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CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT   
 STUDY.

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ACTIVISTS SEE THIS AS A MAJOR     
 VICTORY, BUT THERE'S STILL WORK

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TO BE DONE.                       
 AT LEAST TWO EXISTING PLANTS

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HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO EXPAND     
 AND ANOTHER HAS BEEN APPROVED TO

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BUILD.                            
 SEEMS TO BE INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS

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FOLKS LIKE JANICE REMAIN          
 STEADFAST IN THIS BATTLE AGAINST

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A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY. 
 THEY SAY THEY'RE BRINGING

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$9.5 BILLION FOR THIS COMPANY TO 
 BE HERE.

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>> DON'T GET IT.                  
 NOT US.

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NOT THE PEOPLE OF ST. JAMES.      
 WE DON'T SEE NOTHING BEING

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ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE MONEY       
 BESIDE Y'ALL WANT TO PUT A PLANT

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HERE AND KILL US.                 
 I'M FIGHTING NOW FOR MY KIDS AND

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GRANDCHILDREN.                    
 I CAN'T SAY I GOT NO MORE FIGHT

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IN IN ME.                         
 I'M GOING TO FIGHT LIKE MY

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ANCESTORS UNTIL I DIE.            
 TO TRY TO STOP THOSE PLANTS

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COMING IN THIS AREA AND GIVE OUR 
 CHILDREN THEIR FRESH, FREE LIVES

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TO LIVE LIKE WE GREW UP.

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>> SO WE'RE IN THE MADRID         
 AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON OUR

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WAY TO CUBA.                      
 THIS IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE

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ONLY WAYS WE CAN GET INTO THE     
 ISLAND AT THIS MOMENT.

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WHILE THE CUBAN TOURIST IS        
 BEACHES AND MOW HEE

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BEACHES AND MOW HJITOS, CUBANS E 
 BEEN LIVING UNDER A REGIME FOR

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THE LAST 40 YEARS.                
 BUT LAST JULY WE ENTER CUBA AS

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TOURISTS, THE ONLY WAY TO SEE     
 HOW THE CRACKDOWN ON THE LARGEST

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ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST IN        
 DECADES IS PLAYING OUT IN THE

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STREETS.

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>> A STRICT COVID LOCKDOWN        
 PUSHED CUBANS TO A TIPPING POINT

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AND ON JULY 11th, A CROWD FORMED 
 IN TOWN, DEMANDING MORE FOOD,

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MORE MEDICATION, AND AN END TO    
 POWER CUTS.

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ANY FORM OF DISSENT AGAINST THE   
 COMMUNIST REGIME IS MET WITH

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SYSTEMIC REPRESSION.              
 BUT TODAY, MANY CUBANS EXHAUSTED

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AND DONE WITH THE U.S. EMBARGO    
 AND RESTRICTIONS HAVE LOST FEAR.

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THEY SHARE THEIR PROTEST ON       
 FACEBOOK LIVE AND WITHIN HOURS

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IT SPREAD TO OVER 50 CITIES       
 ACROSS THE ISLAND.

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IT TURNED INTO THE LARGEST        
 ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST CUBA HAD

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SEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF       
 FIDEL CASTRO'S REVOLUTION IN

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1959.

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>> THE REGIME'S VIOLENT RESPONSE 
 SURPRISED NO ONE.

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IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING, THE       
 MILITARY ROUNDED UP AND JAILED

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ALMOST 1,000 PROTESTERS.          
 AND NOW THE REGIME IS ON HIGH

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ALERT, READY TO SUPPRESS ANY      
 PERCEIVED THREATS.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> MY MOTHER, WHO WAS BORN HERE, 
 HASN'T BEEN BACK TO THE ISLAND

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SINCE THE EARLY '60s WHEN MY      
 GRANDFATHER BECAME A POLITICAL

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PRISONER.                         
 SHE'S ONE OF THE HUNDREDS OF

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THOUSANDS OF CUBAN EXILES WHO     
 FLED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A

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BETTER LIFE.                      
 I WAS HERE BACK IN 2015.

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AND THINGS HAVE REALLY CHANGED.   
 ?

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> CUBA IS UNDERGOING ITS WORST   
 ECONOMIC CRISIS IN 20 YEARS.

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THE FOOD AND MEDICINE SHORTAGES   
 ARE THE WORST THEY'VE BEEN.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> EVER SINCE FIDEL CASTRO ROSE   
 TO POWER AT THE HEIGHT OF THE

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COLD WAR, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT     
 HAS HAD ONE GOAL, TO DISMANTLE

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IT.                               
 THEY'VE TRIED A MILITARY

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INTERVENTION, VARIOUS FAILED      
 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AND THEY

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CONSISTENTLY IMPOSED A TRADE      
 EMBARGO AGAINST THE ISLAND.

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>> WE'RE DETERMINED TO BRING THE 
 TRUTH TO THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER

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UNDER FIDEL CASTRO.

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>> THEN BARACK OBAMA BECAME THE   
 FIRST PRESIDENT TO EASE THIS

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COLD WAR STANCE BY REOPENING THE 
 U.S. EMBASSY IN HAVANA AND

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RESUMING COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS.      
 THAT'S THE SAME TIME YOU MAY

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HAVE SEEN CELEBRITIES LIKE KIM    
 KARDASHIAN AND MADONNA IN OLD

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HAVANA.                           
 THIS WITH FIDEL CASTRO'S DEATH

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IN 2016 MAY HAVE LED PEOPLE TO    
 BELIEVE THAT CHANGE WAS COMING,

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BUT IT NEVER DID.                 
 AND JUST LAST YEAR, DONALD TRUMP

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HAD ANOTHER ROUND OF SANCTIONS    
 WHICH LEFT A CRIPPLED ECONOMY,

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FORCING WESTERN UNION TO          
 SHUTDOWN KIOSKS ACROSS THE

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COUNTRY CUTTING OFF THE           
 $1.5 BILLION EVERY YEAR SENT TO

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CUBA FROM RELATIVES OVERSEAS.     
 TODAY, DESPITE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

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PROMISES JOE BIDEN UPHOLDS THAT   
 SAME STANCE.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> 17-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL HERNANDEZ 
 WAS RUNNING ERRANDS ON JULY 11th

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WHEN SHE SAW THE PROTESTS AND     
 DECIDED TO JUMP IN.

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SHE WAS DETAINED, STRIP SEARCHED 
 AND SENTENCED TO EIGHT MONTHS OF

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HOUSE ARREST.                     
 SHE CAN ONLY LEAVE HER HOUSE TO

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GO TO SCHOOL.                     
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>>> FEAR OF CROSSING THE REGIME   
 IS CONSTANT IN CUBA, REINFORCED

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ON EVERY BLOCK BY THE CDR         
 OFFICES, WATCHDOGS FOR THE

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GOVERNMENT THAT KEEP A CLOSE EYE 
 ON ALL.

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BUT DISSIDENTS ARE FINDING A NEW 
 WAY TO CHALLENGE THE REGIME IN A

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DIGITAL AGE IN 2018 WHEN CUBANS   
 WERE ALLOWED TO GET INTERNET ON

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THEIR SMART PHONES A COLLECTIVE   
 OF ARTISTS WAS BORN.

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IT'S GROWN INTO ONE OF THE        
 ISLAND'S MOST POWERFUL

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RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS AND ONE OF   
 THE GOVERNMENT'S PRIME TARGETS.

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>> WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO MEET LORI 
 RIGHT NOW.

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SHE'S ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS.

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>> CLAUDIA.                       
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> CLAUDIA IS UNDER SURVEILLANCE 
 AND WE KNEW SPEAKING WITH HER

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COULD PUT HER ON THE              
 GOVERNMENT'S RADAR, HER

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BOYFRIEND, A KEY VOICE IN THE     
 MOVEMENT, WAS ARRESTED DURING

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THE JULY 11th PROTESTS.           
 WHILE IN JAIL, HE WAS NAMED ONE

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OF THE WORLD'S 100 MOST           
 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE BY TIME

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00:21:57,281 --> 00:22:10,495
MAGAZINE.                         
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> SHE SAW THE PROTESTS           
 SPREADING ONLINE AND THOUGHT

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THAT THE CASTRO REGIME WAS        
 FINALLY FALLING.

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HE WENT OUT TO PROTEST BUT WAS    
 DETAINED SHORTLY AFTER.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> WHILE WE WERE SPEAKING TO      
 CLAUDIA, LUIS CALLED FROM JAIL.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> THE LONGER WE STAY, THE MORE   
 EXPOSURE WE RISK.

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SO WE MOVE ON TO THE SEASIDE      
 PROMENADE WHERE A PROTESTER

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RALLIED FOLLOWERS BEFORE BEING    
 ARRESTED.

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00:23:22,633 --> 00:23:23,768
ALSO ONE OF THE TOP TOURIST       
 ATTRACTIONS ON THE ISLAND, BUT

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00:23:23,868 --> 00:23:29,373
TODAY IT WAS EMPTY.

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>> A CUBAN POLICE GUARD JUST      
 TOLD ME TO GET OUT.

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>> LOCALS WARN US WHY WE'RE TOLD 
 TO LEAVE.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> WE PLAY TOURISTS TO BE SURE    
 NO ONE IS FOLLOWING US BEFORE

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VISITING A YOUNG ART HISTORIAN    
 WHO USES PUBLIC PLATFORMS TO

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CRITICIZE THE STATE.              
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> AND WHO'S BEEN UNDER HOUSE     
 ARREST FOR OVER 200 DAYS.

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HER FRIEND AGREES TO HELP ESCORT 
 US INTO HER APARTMENT FOR AN

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INTERVIEW.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> BUT ON OUR WALK OVER, SHE      
 RECEIVES A PHONE CALL FROM A

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GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO ASKS      
 ABOUT US, THEY KNOW WE'RE TRYING

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TO SEE CATALINA.                  
 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> THE POLICE STOP US AND ASK     
 FOR OUR DOCUMENTS.

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AND AS WE SHOW THEM OUR PAPERS    
 WE SPOT CATALINA WATCHING US

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FROM HER BALCONY.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> SO WE JUST TRIED TO GET INTO   
 CATALINA'S APARTMENT.

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THERE'S A VERY, VERY HIGH CHANCE 
 AT THIS POINT THEY KNOW WHO WE

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ARE AND WE'RE BEING WATCHED.      
 AND IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THEY

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KNOW WHAT WE'RE UP TO.

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[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]

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>> I'M FEELING SLIGHTLY TENSE     
 RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE TODAY

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OFFICIALLY THE STATE ASKED US     
 FOR OUR PASSPORTS AND ASKED US

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FOR OUR INFORMATION.              
 AND SO, IT'S 8:54.

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THERE'S SIX MINUTES LEFT UNTIL    
 CURFEW IS OVER.

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AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE    
 OUR RIDE IS.

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SO ANY EXCUSE THE STATE WILL      
 FIND ANY EXCUSE TO PUT YOU UNDER

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THEIR BELT.                       
 OUR RIDE IS FINALLY HERE.

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>> AS WE ARE LEAVING, WE LEARNED 
 THAT CATALINA WAS DETAINED FOR

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STEPPING OUTSIDE OF HER BUILDING 
 ONTO THE STREET.

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SHE WAS LATER RELEASED AND        
 FORCED BACK INTO HER APARTMENT

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UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S WATCH.     
 TO DATE, OVER 500 PROTESTERS

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REMAIN IN JAIL OR UNDER HOUSE     
 ARREST ACCORDING TO A HUMAN

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CUBAN RIGHTS GROUP.               
 THAT'S THE LARGEST NUMBER OF

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POLITICAL PRISONERS HELD BY THE   
 GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST TWO

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DECADES.                          
 WHILE HARSH REPRESSION AND

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JAILING WORKED FOR THE CUBAN      
 GOVERNMENT FOR YEARS THE PEOPLE

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HERE SAY THEY HAVE NOTHING LEFT   
 TO LOSE.

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THEY PLANNED ANOTHER PROTEST FOR 
 NOVEMBER 15th.