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Enormous protests in #Haiti right now. If you want a good run down on what is at stake, let me recommend "Haiti by the Numbers" by @JakobJohnston cepr.net/blogs/haiti-re… Some highlights:
Corruption at highest office:
Minimum amount the Gvt of Haiti invested in Agritrans, a banana exporting plantation run by current president Jovenel Moïse: $6 million
Date on which Moïse appeared at Agritrans to mark the first shipment of bananas to Europe: September 8, 2015
Minimum amount the Gvt of Haiti invested in Agritrans, a banana exporting plantation run by current president Jovenel Moïse: $6 million
Date on which Moïse appeared at Agritrans to mark the first shipment of bananas to Europe: September 8, 2015
Date on which the second, and last, shipment of bananas to Europe was made: April 2016
Estimated number of individuals displaced by the creation of Agritrans: 1,000
Estimated average annual economic loss of those displaced: $1,433
Estimated number of individuals displaced by the creation of Agritrans: 1,000
Estimated average annual economic loss of those displaced: $1,433
Escalating Food insecurity:
Number of rural Haitians facing acute food insecurity: 2,054,161
Number facing a “food emergency situation”: 571,129
Exchange rate at time of earthquake (Haitian gourdes per dollar): 40.5
Exchange rate today: 76.3
Number of rural Haitians facing acute food insecurity: 2,054,161
Number facing a “food emergency situation”: 571,129
Exchange rate at time of earthquake (Haitian gourdes per dollar): 40.5
Exchange rate today: 76.3
Paramilitary Violence:
Minimum number of Haitians killed by armed gangs and corrupt police on November 13, 2018 in the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince: 70
Number of individuals held accountable for the massacre at La Saline: 0
Minimum number of Haitians killed by armed gangs and corrupt police on November 13, 2018 in the La Saline neighborhood of Port-au-Prince: 70
Number of individuals held accountable for the massacre at La Saline: 0
Petrocaribe:
Estimated amount that Haiti currently owes Venezuela: $1.44 billion
Average annual disbursement, through the Venezuela-led Petrocaribe program, 2011–2015: $270.8 million
Estimated amount that Haiti currently owes Venezuela: $1.44 billion
Average annual disbursement, through the Venezuela-led Petrocaribe program, 2011–2015: $270.8 million
Minimum amount allocated to a project to build sports centers, run by former president Martelly’s son: $27.7 million
Date on which Gilbert Mirambeau Jr., a Haitian filmmaker, tweeted a photo of himself holding a sign asking where the Petrocaribe money is: August 14, 2018
Date on which Gilbert Mirambeau Jr., a Haitian filmmaker, tweeted a photo of himself holding a sign asking where the Petrocaribe money is: August 14, 2018
