The purpose of this aid is to help the country fight a cholera epidemic and fight corruption and impunity.

Canada on Sunday announced new aid to Haiti and the imposition of sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Martelly and the two former prime ministers accused of profiting from the work of armed gangs.

“The sanctioned people benefit directly from the work of the gangs and are associated with a system of corruption,” Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said at a press conference in Djerba on the sidelines of the Francophonie summit.

Laurent Lamothe and Jean Henry Céant are the two former prime ministers targeted by these sanctions, which will cause all of their property located in Canada to be frozen, the Canadian government said.

Similar sanctions were announced in early November against the Senate President and one of his predecessors, who were also accused of links to organized crime.

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Canada also announced on Sunday several aids to Haiti totaling CA$16.5 million, specifically to help the country fight a cholera epidemic and fight corruption and impunity.

In particular, eight million dollars will be paid to meet the needs of the population affected by the security, health and food crisis.

This aid is “necessary to provide water, food and medical supplies needed to fight cholera,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Caribbean country has been mired in a deep economic, security and political crisis for years, and the assassination of President Moïse has profoundly worsened the situation, with an ever-tightening gang grip.

The population is also facing a new cholera epidemic just three years after a previous epidemic of the disease was eradicated that killed more than 10,000 people.