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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 23 November 2018

Moïse clinging on in Haiti amid fatal anti-corruption protests

The Haitian government led by President Jovenel Moïse is coming under mounting pressure amid escalating nationwide protests which have claimed at least seven lives this week. Public fury at a senate report pointing to official embezzlement of some US$2bn of funds from the Petrocaribe soft diplomacy initiative financed by Venezuela lies behind this and recent protests. In a message to the nation on 21 November Moïse called for a dialogue process but he made no mention of corruption. Various political opposition leaders have seized upon the protests to insist that he must go.

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