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World Bank envoy criticizes lack of transparency in the use of Haiti PetroCaribe Money, The Prime Minister's office replies

World Bank envoy criticizes lack of transparency in the use of Haiti PetroCaribe Money, The Prime Minister's office replies
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This just in... The World Bank's special envoy to Haiti voiced concern about how the government was using Venezuela's Petrocaribe funds... Salim Succar, special adviser to Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says the envoy's comments are "out of touch and in complete disregard of what this administration is and has been doing..."

According to Reuters, The director of the World Bank's office in Haiti, Mary Barton-Dock says...

"So far, transparency in the use of Petrocaribe funds is minimal"

Salim Succar replies...

"... The special envoy, who has never requested any documents regarding use of Petrocaribe funds... The donor country, Venezuela just completed an audit that resulted in finding Haiti's management of that fund as being one of the most transparent of all Petrocaribe member countries..."

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