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By The Ron and Don
Show
Tonight on the Ron and Don Show on #BlogTalkRadio the team
of Don Allen (IBNN) and Ronald A. Edwards (The Minneapolis Story) welcome Mr.
Jake Johnston from the Center
for Economics and Policy Research to talk about a situation (ongoing) in
Haiti that first came to light in 2015.
Mr. Johnston’s piece, “How
the US Plan to Build Houses for Displaced Haitians Became an Epic Boondoggle,
cited the following:
After the devastating
earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, the US government responded with an
ambitious plan to build 15,000 new houses in the country. But the ensuing
program to put roofs over the heads of displaced Haitians has included a
boondoggle of epic proportions at one $35 million housing development, where
shoddy construction practices and faulty sewage systems are currently the
subject of an ongoing investigation. On February 3, the US-based company Thor
Construction was suspended from receiving government contracts because of its work
in Haiti. Another contractor with close ties to the Haitian president has so
far escaped punishment.
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Join us tonight at 8:30pm (CST) to hear the details, which
some are calling “fake news,” while others are really concerned about the Haitian
people and their continued demise.
About Jake
Johnston
Jake Johnston graduated from Boston University in 2008 with a B.A. in Economics. At CEPR his research has focused predominantly on economic policy in Latin America, the International Monetary Fund and U.S. foreign policy. He is the lead author for CEPR’s Haiti: Relief and Reconstruction Watch blog and has authored papers on Haiti concerning the ongoing cholera epidemic, aid accountability and transparency and the U.S. foreign aid system. His articles have been published in outlets such as The Intercept, NACLA, Boston Review, VICE News, Al Jazeera America, and Truthout.
