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Ep 138 ft. Randle DeFalco

Ep 138 ft. Randle DeFalco

Update: 2024-08-12
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Cambodia’s Debts to the US: How “Dirty” Are They?

Roughly a half century ago, in the 1970s, the US infamously bombed Cambodia. Less known is that the US, through a “Food for Peace” program, made a series of loans to the somewhat dodgy government of General Lon Nol. The loans were made, at least in part, to assist Cambodians displaced by the bombings. Fast forward a few decades, the US government periodically asks for the debts to be paid back, with interest. Cambodia responds: Seriously, you want to get repaid for lending money to an awful government (that you helped prop up after a coup) to pay for bombs that you dropped in violation of all sorts of laws? The real story is a bit more complex than the soundbite version. Our guest, Professor Randle DeFalco of Widener University Law School helps us begin to unpack the story of these debts.

Producer: Leanna Doty
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Ep 138 ft. Randle DeFalco

Ep 138 ft. Randle DeFalco

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