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cquilt-22588	Espaillat Lizardo, Monica	Haiti and Cuba: Trans-Caribbean Conversations and Cross Border Movement	2015	14	.pdf	application/pdf	4759	256	56	In the 1930s alone, approximately 38,000 laborers were forcefully repatriated to Haiti, being given no time to sell or gather their assets.12 It is worth noting that the Communist Party of Cuba, which would later ally itself with Haitian communists, opposed these anti-immigration and specifically anti- Haitian measures.13 Today, Haitian culture and language still has a deep influence on the province of Guantanamo, which “has been historically the most important region for Haitian residents”.14 MONICA ESPAILLAT LIZARDO| CUBA AND HAITI 21 Kreyòl library was opened in Havana, attesting to the huge impact Haiti and Haitians have made on Cuba.17 Cuba’s acceptance and elevation of Haitian culture within its own borders seems at odds with its earlier policies of population whitening.	cache/cquilt-22588.pdf	txt/cquilt-22588.txt