Hey, hey, what's up? It's Gustavo Riano, and you're listening to The Times, Essential News, from the LA Times. Today, episode two of Align in the Land from our friends at Texas Public Radio and the Houston Chronicle. It's a podcast that explores the human story behind the Haitian immigration journey. It's Tuesday, August 9th, 2022.

On this episode, hosts Elizabeth Troval and Joey Palacios try to answer the question

of why many Haitians went to Chile after Haiti's devastating 2010 earthquake.

And what happened to those refugees when the Chilean government became more hostile to immigration?

Hey, there are episodes of Line in the Land in English and in Spanish.

This is the English version.

To listen in Spanish,

Vue Al-Feed, to encounter the version with the title, La Linea.

It was January 12, 2010, a month before

Jonzoony Eugen's 20th birthday.

He was at his girlfriend's house, when suddenly...

They heard a rumble around them.

A major earthquake hit the city.

This morning we're bringing you updates on the earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday.

It was a magnitude 7 quake and it was centered just a few miles from Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.

We're told that houses went sliding down hillsides in a city where many buildings are unsafe even in normal times.

One of the worst natural disasters in modern history.

Right now in Haiti, roads are impassable. The main port is badly damaged.

Communications are just beginning to come online,

and after shocks continue.

Eugen avoids my eyes

as he recounts what happened to him that day.

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