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choie

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Mon Mar 14, 2016, 06:29 PM Mar 2016

Hillary Clinton’s Deep Ties to Haiti Show Signs of Strain

Carrying horns, handwritten signs and bottles of gasoline to set tires on fire, a group of men marched into one of the many protests that have paralyzed parts of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, this year.

They were angry with their president, who let Parliament collapse and failed to hold scheduled elections. They were angry with the United Nations for not ensuring a fair vote for his successor. And they were angry with the former American secretary of state who had helped put him in power.

“You see all these people here?” said one of the Haitian-flag-draped protesters, Jean Renold Cenatus, who said he was unemployed. “It’s because of what Mrs. Clinton did five years ago that we are facing this situation.”

More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/15/us/politics/hillary-clinton-haiti.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

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Hillary Clinton’s Deep Ties to Haiti Show Signs of Strain (Original Post) choie Mar 2016 OP
Thanks for this post. Wilms Mar 2016 #1
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