Protest against the PetroCaribe oil scandal by Jessica Obert / SOPA Images
Protesters gathered to demonstrate against the $3.8 billion that the government and private sector has been accused of embezzling from Venezuela’s subsidized PetroCaribe oil program. The revenue was supposed to go toward financing economic and social programs. The PetroCaribe Challenge was started after Haitian filmmaker Gilbert Mirambeau Jr. posted on social media asking: “Kot Kòb PetroCaribe a,” or “Where did the PetroCaribe money go?” With a large youth, grassroots base, ongoing demonstrations across Haiti asking for accountability and denouncing corruption.
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