How Haiti got here
Revisiting the crisis that turned Haiti upside down and examining how U.S. foreign policy has played such a pivotal and, in some cases, devastating role in Haiti's history.
Headlines From The Times · Bennett Smith, Alisa Barba, Joey Palacios, Jacob Rosati, Sofia Sanchez, Myriam Chancy, Elizabeth Trovall
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Show Notes
When an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, the international community pledged billions of dollars toward recovery. Much of that aid never went to rebuilding Haiti – or even to the Haitian people. But Haiti’s instability goes back even farther. In fact, it has a lot to do with outside political forces dating back to the country’s origin story as the world’s first Black republic.
Today, episode 4 of “Line in the Land,” a podcast from Texas Public Radio and the Houston Chronicle. We’ll be back with episode 5 next Tuesday. We’re airing an episode from “A Line in the Land” every Tuesday through the end of August.
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Host: Joey Palacios with Texas Public Radio and Elizabeth Trovall with the Houston Chronicle.
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