Haitians protest outside Hillary HQ in Brooklyn
The ink is barely dry on the lease for Hillary Clinton’s headquarters at 1 Pierrepont Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, but the protests have already begun.
On Thursday, Haitian activists rallied at the Cadman Plaza West entrance to the building. Waving signs asking, “Where is the money?” they claimed that the Clintons wasted billions of dollars meant to reconstruct Haiti after the catastrophic January 2010 earthquake.
Former President Bill Clinton served as the United Nations’ special envoy to Haiti during the Haitian reconstruction. Hillary Clinton, as secretary of state, directed the U.S. emergency relief response and recovery plans.
The protestors claimed that a portion of money meant for the recovery was directed to favored investors. They also say that organizations and individuals associated with the Clinton Foundation were given an unfair advantage in auctions of Haitian commodities, including gold mining rights.