In Haiti, people are awaiting the final report on the biggest corruption scandal there in decades. It relates to the PetroCaribe program. For years, Venezuela helped some low-income Caribbean countries by allowing them to delay payment for petroleum purchases. The idea was to free up public funds for those governments to invest in their own countries. But in Haiti, there’s little to show for almost $2 billion from that program. And as Amy Bracken reports, activists won’t stop demanding answers.
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