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February 18, 2019

Haitian Gov't Announces Spending Cuts in Attempt to Quell Unrest
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In Haiti, Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant announced emergency spending
cuts Saturday after nine days of anti-government protests, which
resulted in at least seven deaths. Protesters have been calling for
President Jovenel Moïse to step down over the country's economic woes
and a corruption scandal involving the suspected embezzlement of nearly
$4 billion of Petrocaribe funds Haiti received as part of a Venezuelan
oil subsidy program.


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