PETROCARIBE REPORT

WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?

Between 2008 and 2016 Haitian government officials and members of the business elite misused or outright embezzled an estimated two billion USD from the discount oil-purchasing program known as PetroCaribe. According to reports released by Haiti’s Superior Court of Auditors, funds which were slated to support development efforts were instead diverted towards no-bid government contracts, shell companies, and projects that were never completed.

With a rallying cry of “Kot kòb PetroCaribe a” / “Where is the PetroCaribe money?” young activists in Haiti have mobilized online and in the streets since 2018 to demand an investigation and trial for those incriminated in one of the largest corruption scandals in Haitian history.

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