Articles by Isabel Macdonald

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10 Years Ago, We Pledged to Help Haiti Rebuild. Then What Happened?
Isabel Macdonald – In These Times, 20 Jan 2020

12 Jan 2020 – Hundreds of millions in aid went to U.S. corporations and the U.S. military. A fraction went to Haitian institutions.

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Haiti: The Shelters That Clinton Built
Isabel Macdonald and Isabeau Doucet - The Nation, 25 Jul 2011

In the wake of Haiti’s earthquake, the Clinton Foundation promised hurricane shelters that would double as classrooms. But they delivered shoddy, formaldehyde-ridden trailers from the same company that supplied FEMA after Hurricane Katrina.

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France’s Debt of Dishonour to Haiti
Isabel Macdonald – The Guardian, 23 Aug 2010

After Haiti won independence, France extorted compensation for its slave-owning colonists. Now Nicolas Sarkozy must repay it.

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