MINUSTAH IS YUCKY

Last night Gabriela and I were looking at some of her baby pictures - so she could try to see and remember what it was like to be a baby. She loves doing it. We came across this picture that we took at the airport, when she was three or four months old. She is being held by three Brazilian MINUSTAH soldiers - MINUSTAH is the UN Mission here in Haiti.

She started asking questions:

Gabriela: Is that MINUSTAH?
Matt: Yes.
G: Is their truck stuck?
M: No, they just parked there. They aren't in the truck because they are holding Gabriela in the picture!
G: I don't want to go in MINUSTAH's truck!
M: That's ok, you don't have to go in their truck.
G: PAPA!!!! I DON'T WANT TO GO IN MINUSTAH's truck!!!
M: Ok, you don't have to. But why don't you want to go in their truck?
G: Because MINUSTAH is yucky!

Now, I'm not particularly against the UN Mission here in Haiti though there clearly are some downsides - but Gabriela seems to have some very particular political views about the legitimacy of their presence here! Our little activist!