US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced sanctions against Laurent Salvador Lamothe, former Haitian Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and External Cooperation, for his involvement in a major corruption case.
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This measure makes Lamothe generally ineligible for entry into the United States. Specifically, Mr. Lamothe misappropriated at least $60 million from the Haitian government’s PetroCaribe infrastructure investment and social protection fund for private purposes, according to the United States.