Washington Post: “The Clintons Are Facing A Growing Backlash That Too Little Has Been Accomplished In The Past Five Years.” “Nevertheless, the Clintons are facing a growing backlash that too little has been accomplished in the past five years and that some of the most high-profile projects they have backed — including a just-opened Marriott, another luxury hotel and the industrial park — have helped foreign investors and Haiti’s wealthy elites more than its poor.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] Washington Post: “A 2011 Housing Expo That Cost More Than $2 Million, Including $500,000 From The Clinton Foundation…Has Resulted In Little More Than A Few Dozen Abandoned Model Homes Occupied By Squatters.” “Other Clinton-backed projects have not delivered on lofty promises: A 2011 housing expo that cost more than $2 million, including $500,000 from the Clinton Foundation, was supposed to be a model for thousands of new units but instead has resulted in little more than a few dozen abandoned model homes occupied by squatters.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] INCLUDING THE MUCH-HYPED CARACOL INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT SECRETARY CLINTON PERSONALLY PUSHED Washington Post: “The Clintons…Were Enthusiastic Backers Of The Caracol Industrial Park,” Built By South Korean Garment Company Sae-A In Haiti, And Secretary Clinton Even Helped Secure Funding When She “Lobbied For The Project With South Korean Officials And Hosted Sae-A Executives In Washington.” “The Clintons also were enthusiastic backers of the Caracol Industrial Park, which was built on 600 acres of farmland just east of ­the port city Cap-Haitien… The Clintons helped Haitian officials identify Sae-A Trading Co., which operates factories across the developing world and sews garments for giants such as Target, Gap and Wal-Mart, as a potential major investor. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, along with top aide Cheryl Mills, lobbied for the project with South Korean officials and hosted Sae-A executives in Washington to press the plan.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] Washington Post: The Clinton-Backed Caracol Industrial Park “Was Expected To Create More Than 60,000 Jobs.” “Landry Colas hugs former president Bill Clinton in 2012 to express his gratitude for the Caracol Industrial Park, one of the largest regional investment projects in Haiti, which was expected to create more than 60,000 jobs.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] Washington Post: The Main Occupant Of The Clinton-Backed Caracol Industrial Park “Employs About 4,500 People,” And Few Locals “Think The Plant Will Ever Create The Number Of Jobs Originally Promised.” “Today, Sae-A employs about 4,500 people. Company spokesman Lon Garwood said the operation has been steadily growing and will open a new facility next month. Henri-Claude Müller-Poitevien, a Haitian government official who works in the apparel industry, said the Caracol project is on schedule and continues to expand…Residents of the plant’s housing project say their land floods when it rains, and few said they think the plant will ever create the number of jobs originally promised…Each morning, crowds line up outside the park’s big front gate, which is guarded by four men in crisp khaki uniforms carrying shotguns. They wait in a sliver of shade next to a cinder-block wall, many holding résumés in envelopes. Most said they have been coming every day for months, waiting for jobs that pay about $5 a day.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15] SOME OF CRITICIZED CLINTON HAITI INITIATIVES FOR A LACK OF FOCUS ON HAITI’S WORST-OFF CITIZENS… Washington Post: Some Of The Most High-Profile Clinton Projects, “Including A Just-Opened Marriott, Another Luxury Hotel And The Industrial Park…Have Helped Foreign Investors And Haiti’s Wealthy Elites More Than Its Poor.” “Nevertheless, the Clintons are facing a growing backlash that too little has been accomplished in the past five years and that some of the most high-profile projects they have backed — including a just-opened Marriott, another luxury hotel and the industrial park — have helped foreign investors and Haiti’s wealthy elites more than its poor.” [Washington Post, 3/20/15]