The United States on Friday blocked former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe from entering the United States over what Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was his 'involvement in significant corruption.'
Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe looks on at a Salesforce.com Dreamforce event in San Francisco, California November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
In its statement, the State Department accused Lamothe of misappropriating "at least $60 million from the Haitian government's PetroCaribe investment and social welfare fund for private gain." A rising star in Haitian politics in the early 2010s, Lamothe stepped down amid rising frustration about alleged corruption in his government and a lack of transparency involving funds from a Venezuelan program known as PetroCaribe intended for Haiti's rebuild after the catastrophic 2010 earthquake.Lamothe last November alongside Martelly and another former prime minister, Jean Henry Ceant, as part of measures targeting alleged backers of armed gangs in the country.
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