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   https://thehill.com/latino/554928-biden-administration-renews-   
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   New Emails Reveal Obama, Clintons Led Cover Up of Cholera   
   Outbreak in Haiti   
      
   In October 2010, United Nations Peacekeepers from Nepal infected   
   Haiti’s most significant river system with cholera, inciting the   
   first cholera outbreak in the country in over a century. So far,   
   the epidemic has taken over 10,000 lives, and some estimate that   
   the disease has infected up to 800,000 people. Those who caused   
   the outbreak—and covered it up—have not assumed assumed   
   responsibility, including the United Nations and several   
   government agencies under the Obama administration, such as   
   Hillary Clinton’s State Department.   
      
   Slate’s Jonathan Katz reports, “Nepal hadn’t invaded Haiti on   
   its own: Its troops were part of a multinational force created   
   by the Security Council, specifically at the behest of the   
   George W. Bush administration in 2004. For the 13 years since,   
   it has remained in Haiti largely to carry out U.S. policy—at a   
   discount.”   
      
   President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki   
   Haley, ducked questions about the outbreak in her confirmation   
   hearing, as did Obama’s UN ambassadors during his presidency.   
   The United Nations formally apologized and proposed a plan to   
   curb the outbreak. However, its members—including the United   
   States—refuse to provide the necessary funding for the plan.   
      
   New emails obtained from the Center for Disease Control reveal   
   that they suspected the origin of the outbreak was UN   
   Peacekeepers before news of the outbreak was even reported in   
   the press. In the emails, officials exercise damage control to   
   prevent backlash in Haiti toward the UN presence, citing   
   concerns from the National Security Council, which was chaired   
   by Obama at the time. The National Security Council spokesperson   
   refused to respond to Katz’s request for comment and the State   
   Department refused to disclose when or how they became aware of   
   the outbreak’s origin. It would take six years for the United   
   Nations to finally admit they were responsible.   
      
   The cholera outbreak occurred less than a year after Haiti was   
   devastated by a massive earthquake that killed over 100,000   
   people. The United States was already deeply involved in Haiti   
   and funding an important election in the country, which the   
   United States has been criticized for repeatedly. In 2011,   
   Hillary Clinton flew to Haiti as secretary of state and insisted   
   that the current president of Haiti step down in favor of the   
   U.S. backed candidate, Michel Martelly. Bill Clinton was   
   selected to serve as Haiti’s special envoy for the United   
   Nations, and his chief of staff was initially selected to serve   
   as Martelly’s prime minister.   
      
   Katz cited that officials at the Center for Disease Control   
   intentionally cast doubt as to the origin of the outbreak and   
   refused to conduct any investigation to confirm its source.   
   Meanwhile, UN soldiers destroyed evidence before other   
   scientists could investigate it. The State Department, under the   
   control of Hillary Clinton, told Katz, “U.S. government has not   
   taken a position on the validity of the underlying claims in   
   this particular case.”   
      
   In 2011, victims and families petitioning the United Nations to   
   fight the epidemic were ignored. Federal judges in the United   
   States threw out a lawsuit against the United Nations over the   
   organization’s absolute immunity from legal process, as   
   stipulated by a 1947 treaty. The United Nation’s inaction was   
   cited by a New York University professor who Katz interviewed as   
   legal advice coming from the State Department.   
      
   The United States’ poor response to this epidemic—not to mention   
   the controversies surrounding the Clinton Foundation—have earned   
   the Clintons a poor reputation among Haitians, including the   
   population of roughly 200,000 Haitian born immigrants in the   
   South Florida area who predominantly support Democrats. Though   
   many misleading claims have circulated about the Clintons‘   
   involvement in Haiti, the foreign policy that Hillary Clinton   
   championed during her tenure as secretary of state, in which she   
   viewed reconstruction as a business opportunity, contributed to   
   Haiti’s problems. Millions of dollars in relief funds went to   
   international non-government organizations and international   
   contractors instead of Haitian citizens, Haitian contractors and   
   Haitian government. The relief effort exploited the disaster by   
   divvying up funds among corporations. In October 2016, ABC News   
   reported that an Old Navy factory that the Clintons brought to   
   Haiti fell short of its promise of jobs, became riddled with   
      
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