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ID: | 452 |
Date: | 2008-08-08 |
Headline: | RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Action to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti | ||
Reporter's name: | Delay/denial: | No | |
Lawsuit: | Yes |
Fees: | No |
Media outlet: | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights |
City: | Washington, DC |
Summary: | According to documents obtained under FOIA from the Department of the Treasury, multi-million dollar loans from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to Haiti for vital infrastructure projects were hamstrung for political reasons. The loans, totaling $146 million, were initially approved in 1998 by the IDB, but subsequent communications showed officials going beyond IDB rules to impose additional conditions, according to the report. | ||
Keywords: | Haiti, Treasury, loan, Inter-American Development Bank, water, infrastructure | ||
URL: | http://www.rfkcenter.org/node/63 | ||
Agencies: TREAS |
States: DC |
Categories: community development |
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