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PetroCaribe: Petro challengers announces Haiti street protest Sunday June 09
The PetroCaribe street protest are about to restart in Haiti. Petro challengers regrouped under a structure called "Nou Pap Domi" announced a new street protest Sunday June 09 2019 to force the Superior Court of Auditors (CSCCA) to rendere a judicial decisions, called "arrêt de débet" so the the PetroCaribe judgments process can continue.
While these petro challenters congratulate CSCCA for releasing their final report. They are calling on CSCCA ro publish these "arrêt de débet.".
In Haiti, an "arrêt de débet" is issued to people who manage public funds whenever that public fund manager is unable to justify all the expenses from the money there were managing.
Haiti Petro Challenge movement switches to a new phase: Nou Pap Domi
The PetroCaribe movement has been dormant in Haiti for a while but now the Petro Challengers just woke up once again with a new form of protest.
For 3 days and 2 nights straight, 20 to 22 December, many young Haitians have decided to place their sleeping bags in front of Haiti's Cour Supérieure des Comptes et du contentieux administratif (Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes - CSCCA) to ask once again where is the Petro Caribe money (Kot kob PetroCaribe a).
Affaire PetroCaribe: Have the petrochallengers lost control of the movement?
Read the from Le Nouvelliste: The petrochallengers lost control of the movement they launched about three months ago on social networks. This movement has been recovered by politicians.
Main instigators of the demonstration of 18 November and the two days of strike that followed, they (the polititians) relegate the issue of PetroCaribe in the background.
Their (the politicians') main demand concerns the departure of President Jovenel Moise with whom they feel they have no intention of dialogue.
Did President Martelly's Daughter Malaika respond to PetroCaribe Challenge?
In a Facebook message posted from the page of "Malaika Martely" it appears the daughter of former Haitian president Michel Martelly had something to say about the the Petro Caribe money... Read all about it!
Here is a translation of the message that appears to have been from Malaika Martelly, ex president Martelly's daughter:
Every day you are writing to me asking me where is the PetroCaribe money. Let me tell you something: Before my dad became president he was able to provide everything for me. It is not the PetroCaribe money that made me who I am today.
Kote Kob PetroCaribe a? When PetroCaribe is used to intimidate ordinary citizens
True story... A Haitian proffessional walks into a supermarket in Port-au-Prince to purchase a bottle of wine. As he stood at the register to pay for the wine, and old man looked at him with a mean face and said: "Lajan PetroCaribe a, w ap bay li wi!" (the PetroCaribe money that's in your hands, you will give it up)
It another part of the country, another man who substitute his monthly income selling plastic shoes and sandals in a small business, an unknown individual walked in front of his little business and said: "Ohhh... Se la lajan PetroCaribe a ye?" (so that's where the Petro Caribe money is)
PetroCaribe: Many Haitians fear the unknown these days
There are many Haitians in the working-class, some of them government employees, who are worried about what is happening and Haiti right now.
With all this commotion about Petro Caribe, many of them are not sure where it will end up. all they know is that there is more trouble ahead.
This kind of uncertainty most often is what makes many Haitians want to leave the country in search for better life.
There are some people I know who deeply love this country and right now they are thinking about leaving. Proffessionals whose expertise can be put to good use . I would hate to see them leave. Who will replace them? Who will replace them to make this country better?
Manifestation in Haiti Sunday, the #PetroCaribeChallenge continues...
The #PetroCaribeChallenge Street protests continue in Haiti. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Port-au-Prince Sunday asking where is the Petro Caribe money.
This movement which started out as a hashtag, #PetroCaribeChallenge, on social media and spread out to the streets of Haiti continues on. This street protest started at Carrefour Aeroport and ended in Champs-de-Mars.
While it looks like just cause for the people of Haiti to ask government officials for a "compte rendu" (detailed account) of what happened to money spent, especially borrowed money that Haitians will have to pay back, others are saying that there is a political arm in this movement.
PetroCaribe - Haiti owes Venezuela $1.6 billion
As of 31 December 2014, Haiti owes Venezuela USD $1.6 billion in Petro Caribe debt money, According to BMPAD, the Bureau of Monetization of Development Assistance Programs...
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Keep in mind that this is a debt that Haiti has to replay over 25 years...
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Haiti Energy : As Oil Prices Fall, Venezuela in Financial Trouble, What Happens to PetroCaribe?
Gas prices is falling everywhere but in Haiti, prices remain the same... Venezuela is having a tough time financially... PetroCaribe is "on life support," The Miami herald writes... What is the future for energy in Haiti?
KREYOL: Mezanmi... Ki sak pwal pas Haiti ak zafè Petro Caribe saa pou problem lajan mwen tande Venezuela ap konfronte konye a??? Kisa ou panse de sa?
Venezuela is the main gas supplier in Haiti via the Petro Caribe oil alliance but these days, Venezuela is not doing to well financially. The fall of crude oil prices is hurting them badly.
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