Although we don’t recognize the connections often enough, or think of them with much positivity all too often (Haitians are often labelled as 'illegals' even when they are perfectly legal immigrants and residents), this tragedy has made far more Bahamians than ever before deeply aware of the long, long relationship of exchange, mutuality and kinship between our two countries.
Aunque no reconocemos las conexiones demasiado a menudo, ni pensamos en ellas demasiado positivamente (a menudo, a los haitianos se les cataloga como ‘ilegales' hasta cuando son inmigrantes perfectamente legales y residentes), esta tragedia ha hecho que muchos bahameños tomen conciencia más que nunca de la larga, larga relación de intercambio, reciprocidad y parentesco entre nuestros dos países.