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Weekly Report - 25 October 2018 (WR-18-42)

HAITI: Moïse forced to address Petrocaribe scandal

This week Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse replaced two key allies – his chief of staff Wilson Laleau and the general secretary to the presidency Yves Germain Joseph. Both have been implicated in the scandal involving the alleged misuse of some US$2bn in funds from Petrocaribe, Venezuela’s discounted oil initiative, which took place between September 2008 and September 2016 and came to light earlier in the year [WR-18-09]. His hand was forced after the biggest anti-corruption protests since the start of his mandate in February 2017 took place last week, indicative of what remains a major complaint of his government.

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