Laurent S. Lamothe effortlessly dismisses the US sanctions against him, alleging that he diverted a minimum of $60 million from Petrocaribe funds for personal use. In a press release issued on June 3, 2023, the former Prime Minister of Haiti firmly stated that Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken's decision lacks factual evidence and relies on recycled rumors from his tenure between 2012 and 2014.
"The recent sanction imposed by the Secretary of State merely caters to the desires of his longstanding political adversaries