Canusa Street Episode 62: Haitian Situation
Chris and Scotty look south of our borders to Haiti with Benjamin Gedan, Wilson Center Latin American Program Director and former National Security Council South America Director. Things have been on a downward trajectory in Haiti, with intractable poverty, brain drain, natural disasters, crime and political strife. How do the US and Canada figure in helping to turn things around?
Photo credits: Adam Scotti/Office of the Prime Minister
The Canusa Street Podcast
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Christopher Sands
Maryscott "Scotty" Greenwood
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