Hillary Cares About You? Ask the Haitians She Ripped Off

The group of Haitians demonstrating on the sidewalk at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia were furious with Bill and Hillary Clinton. A passionate Haitian-American named Joseph Mathieu frankly accused the couple of “destroying Haiti for the decades. They pretend to be our friends when in reality they are our number one enemies…the Clintons were running Haiti, stealing our money, our resources and we are out here, outraged for the crimes of the Clintons!”

Then Mathieu labeled the international power couple racists: “The Clintons don’t like black people,” he thundered. “All they do is more welfare, more jails, more food stamps–-we don’t need that, we need more opportunity, more education!”

They have good reason to wave their “Hillary! Where Is the MONEY?” signs. Following the horrific 2010 earthquake that devastated the island nation, killing over 200,000 and leaving over 1.5 million people homeless, some 9 billion dollars in pledges and aid flowed in from sympathetic individuals, nations, and charities for the rebuilding. The Clintons together became the royal arbiters in charge of just how and where this vast treasury would be spent. Dubbed “The King and Queen of Haiti” in a Politico piece, like medieval rulers of yore, their majesties doled out favors to their loyal courtiers and nobles. In the case of Haiti, the nobles were the Clintons’ millionaire pals and relatives, and the favors amounted to billions in grants and contracts bestowed on them.

Those billions intended to rebuild the ruined nation instead disappeared into fantasy houses and roads that were never built, jobs that were never created, a national revival that never happened, and often private bank accounts never traceable. And a company with Tony Rodham, Hillary’s brother, on the board, somehow scored a lucrative 25-year gold mining deal.

Haiti is important because its colossal need and its suffering people gave Bill and Hillary a shining test case to demonstrate how much they love the less fortunate, to be the do-gooders they always claim to be. After all, for decades Hillary has insisted that her life’s work has been improving the lives of the poor and oppressed all over the globe. Haiti also holds a very special place in the Clintons’ hearts; it’s where they chose to spend their honeymoon in 1975 and marks the re-igniting of his political star.

It was a bittersweet time as Bill had just lost his congressional election in Arkansas. Dejected, he was thinking about abandoning his ambitions until the honeymooners attended a voodoo temple ritual honoring Ogou the god of iron, war and politics. Then an all-night talk with the voodoo priest helped them “reach the conclusion that the pursuit of God is the pursuit of excellence” according to the priest. Right then, Bill decided to run for Arkansas attorney general and his meteoric career was launched. Later, when First Lady Hillary told the world she liked to wander the halls of the White House, conversing with the spirit of Eleanor Roosevelt…but that’s another story.

In any case, after the earthquake Bill was convinced that Haiti “is still one of the most remarkable, unique places I have ever been and they can…build a better future if we do our part.” But they didn’t, although their absolute power to direct the reconstruction in addition to the colossal funding they wielded gave them every humanly possible way to turn Haiti’s tragedy into triumph.

In 2009, the U.N. had named Bill special envoy to Haiti largely because of his personal affection for the small, troubled nation. After the earthquake, he along with the Haitian prime minister Jean-Max Bellerive, became co-chairs of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC). As the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) put it, “IHRC was to “coordinate donors, conduct strategic planning, approve reconstruction projects and provide accountability.” Hillary Clinton as secretary of state was also responsible for disbursing funds -- the 1.14 billion in taxpayer money allocated by Congress to Haitian relief (USAID.) Some of those decisions she apparently delegated to chief of staff Cheryl Mills – yes, that Cheryl Mills.

But according to GAO documents reported in Peter Schweizer’s book Clinton Cash, the IHRC ignored the action plan and funding priorities that had been set up by the Haitian government and donor countries. Also, much of the taxpayer money intended for practical rebuilding was squandered. Here’s where Clinton’s buddies come in; they’re specialists at squandering – and in the process raking in big money for themselves.

One of the top priorities when you’ve got over 1.5 million homeless people should be housing. Among the most deplorable Bill-orchestrated failures is his promise even before the earthquake that his friend Claudio Osorio, CEO of a company called InnoVida, planned to build “10,000 houses in Haiti at $5,000 apiece for impoverished Haitians,” according to an NPR report. Never happened. Clinton made this pledge in a speech at Claudio’s lavish 2007 fundraiser for Hillary’s first presidential run, held in Osorio’s Miami Beach mansion. Besides raising cash for Clintons, Osorio donated between $10,000 and $25,000 to the Clinton Foundation in 2009, with his company making a similar contribution. (Actual numbers are hard to come by due to squirrely Foundation records.)

When the earthquake hit, Osorio was back seeking a $10 million loan from the U.S. government (that’s our money) to build 500 homes. Testimony from government and InnoVida officials shows his cuddly relationship with Bill and Hillary got him special treatment and fast-tracked the loan. The homes were never built, mostly because Osorio, who lived big, drove a Maserati, and had multiple vacation homes, was convicted in 2012 of fraud. Prosecutors proved he used the funds meant for relief victims for his personal benefit and to repay his investors in what was essentially a Ponzi scheme. Claudio Osorio drew a 12-year prison sentence and the next year the court-appointed receiver had to sue the Foundation to get the money he donated back.

In another housing debacle, this time led by Hillary and her state department minions, a congressional audit found mismanagement of a plan meant to house up to 90,000 Haitians but which USAID now says will only benefit 3,200 to 15,900 at nearly double the original cost of $59 million. Of course, this again is our taxpayer money, so no problem.

In a Wall Street Journal report broadcast on Fox News, investigative reporter Mary O’Grady said the Inter-American Development Bank (the U.S. is IDB’s major funder) revealed a total of 3 billion dollars was dispensed to be “managed by the Interim Haitian Recovery Commission with almost nothing to show for it.” Of course the IHRC is Bill Clinton—the same Bill Clinton who Hillary promises to put in charge of the U.S. economy because he’s so good at it.

The Clinton-backed “power and port” project is the most colossal calamity yet, according to the Judicial Watch report on the federal audit. It’s cost $170 million so far, much of it paid to consultants – unbelievably, the plan is still in the planning stages and years behind schedule. Another $117 to $189 million will be required to complete it, says the government report, and that money will probably need to come from us. The taxpayers.

We can learn much from the Clinton’s Haiti fiasco , only a sliver of which I have covered here. When they say they will bring jobs and prosperity because they care so much about us -- that’s exactly what they told the Haitians. When Hillary brags about her managerial skills, her experience as a leader, and her competence at improving peoples’ lives, think of how those leadership and decision-making skills improved the lives of Haitians, most of whom are still living in makeshift plastic tents, jobless.

If the Clintons couldn’t make their promises come true in a tiny country with a few million population and $9 billion to spend, how could they even come close in a huge America of over 300 million?

Here is Haitian-American demonstrator Joseph Mathieu‘s warning, “What have the Clintons done with the foundation? Just enriched themselves, stealing! We cannot allow liar Hillary to be president – there is no justice anymore because American justice is crooked!”

THE CLINTONS' ABILITY TO GET RICH EXPLOITING
NATIONAL DISASTERS UNDER COVER OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION IS LEGENDARY
and they do it w/ your tax dollars.

Haiti, the Clintons and Digicel

BFF---Clinton and Digicel CEO/billionaire. Dennis O'Brien, a resident of Malta.
O'Brien chairs the Clinton Foundation's Global Initiative---Haiti Action Network.
US tax dollars poured into O'Brien's coffers thanks to the Clintons.

EXCERPT Free Beacon May 2015--- The Clintons have been working with Digicel CEO Denis O’Brien in Haiti since 2010, in the wake of the disastrous earthquake. Bill Clinton and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had been active players in the country before the quake, but would assume almost total managerial control over the recovery effort via the State Department and the Clinton Foundation.

As Peter Schweizer documents in his book, "Clinton Cash," Digicel received millions in U.S. tax dollars from USAID, an agency overseen by the State Department, as part of the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative. The program was designed to establish a mobile money-transfer system that would allow individuals to send donations directly to friends and relatives in Haiti.

The State Department's "USAID Food for Peace" program, which was under the direct control of Hillary Clinton’s top aide Cheryl Mills, benefited Digicel.....to administer money transfers over its mobile network. Haitians received cell phones and a free Digicel account.

Digicel received grants courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, and collected millions in fees from Haitians every time they used the system, and significantly expanded its user base.

By 2012, Digicel had captured nearly 80 percent of the Haitian mobile phone market, and Haiti had surpassed Jamaica as the company’s most profitable market. Revenues were up 14 percent compared to 2011, and Digicel’s subscriber base increased by almost 30 percent during that period.

O’Brien, a resident of Malta, who holds a 94 percent stake in the privately owned firm, continued to rake in cash. In 2014 alone, O’Brien awarded himself $650 million worth of dividends.

MORE AT http://freebeacon.com/blog/oh-denny-boy-how- the-clintons-helped-an-irish-telecom-tycoon-makes- millions-in-earthquake-ravaged-haiti/

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Time to look at Malta to find more dirt on the Clintons.

BACKSTORY Secy Hillary poured billions of our tax dollars into dirt-poor, earthquake-ravaged Haiti as Bill put on his "do-good" act. But Haitian Americans protested the Clinton Foundation offices say dirt-poor Haitians never got a dime...all of the tax dollars have been laundered into the foundation.

REALITY CHECK In some Haitian mountain villages there's no electricity (maybe generators for a few hours), no water, no septic, etc. - but dirt-poor Haiti does have cell-phone coverage.

Reading the many stories of Clinton "do-goodism" in Haiti....he is invariably standing before a Digicel sign. You can bet your bottom dollar the Clintons get a cut of that action.

That's Digicel's CEO on the left.

The Digicel Group is the Caribbean and Central American telecom empire run by Denis O’Brien, an Irish billionaire officially resides in Malta to avoid taxes..... O'Brien serves as chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative’s Haiti Action Network.

Digicel, the largest mobile provider in Haiti, invested $45 million in the project, which also benefited from $26.5 million in financing from the World Bank- affiliated International Finance Corporation. Hillary also tapped the Sate Dept's USAID agency for more tax dollars for the tax-evadng billionaire.

The State Dept's USAID Food for Peace program, under the direct control of Hillary Clinton’s top aide Cheryl Mills, benefited money-hungry Digicel.....to administer money transfers over its mobile network.

Haitians received cell phones and a free Digicel account; Digicel received grants courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, collected millions in fees from Haitians every time they used the system, and significantly expanded its user base.

But it was Bill Clinton who made it all happen.....using your tax dollars.

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REFERENCE---“The Clintons and their cronies were running Haiti. As Special Envoy, and Co-Chair of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission IHRC, Clinton made all the decisions. Nothing happened there without his imprimatur. Nothing. No reconstruction contracts were approved, no money was paid out unless Bill okay-ed them. And Hillary's top aide Cheryl Mills was right behind him, traveling to Haiti thirty times herself. Mills live-in scored big rebuilding/retooling Haiti's schools (as a govt contractor?)" NOTE: Hillary's bro said some "guy" gave him .10,000 acres there, plus bro got a rare permit to mine gold in Haiti.

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