Topic: Dirt Cookies

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Toxic Speech
Episode 744 1:56:00 - 1:59:05

744: Toxic Speech

Haiti Dirt Cookies, Clinton Foundation Funds

Reports from Haiti show citizens in Cité Soleil eating "bonbon terres," or cookies made of dirt, due to extreme poverty. Despite billions in aid sent after the 2010 earthquake, including funds managed by the Clinton Foundation, widespread hunger and cholera persist. The U.S. Ambassador to Haiti has expressed concern over the nutritional lack in these dirt-based patties.