Hey, hey, what's up? It's Gustavo Ariano and you're listening to The Times, essential news from the LA Times. Today, episode four of Aline 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 to the United States. It's Tuesday, August 23, 2022.

When an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, the international community pledged billions of dollars to help.

But a lot of that aid never went to rebuilding Haiti or even to the Haitian people.

Haiti's instability, though, goes back even farther.

In fact, its fundamental problems are deeply rooted in outside political forces,

dating back to the country's origin story as a world's first black republic.

That's the history you'll hear in episode four of Lion in the Land.

By the way, if you haven't listened to the first three episodes,

you should go back

and do that first. And we'll be back with episode five next Tuesday. We're airing an episode

from A Line in the Land every Tuesday through the end of August. Hey, there are episodes

of Line in the Land in English and in Spanish.

This is the English version.

To listen in Spanish,

Vuel Vuelve Al-Feed,

to encounter the version with the title,

La Linea.

In Del Rio, Texas,

right back to Avenue, too.

In Del Rio, Texas, racial justice activists, Farrow Clark, and Josie Garcia from San Antonio sit in the front seats of a tan SUV.

They are towing a trailer full of clothes, shoes, and toys.

About how many trips do you think you guys have made out here?

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