The data presented is based on the annual presentations of the budgets of the Caribbean countries, on the data of the Petrocaribe Development Fund of Jamaica, on the reports related to international cooperation of the Central Bank of Nicaragua, on those of the Monetization Board of Foreign Aid of Haiti and in the balance sheets of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). In the cases in which information was presented in local currency, the conversion was made based on the average rate of the year in which the respective data was disclosed.
Pensions for the elderly and low-income workers, subsidized sales of domestic gas, credits for young entrepreneurs, school scholarships. The range of social programs financed with resources from Venezuelan energy cooperation, with Petrocaribe as the star plan, was very useful for Caribbean and Central American governments related to Caracas to boost their efforts and consolidate their power with a wide range of initiatives. #Petrofraude carried out an inventory that revealed the main concepts in which Venezuelan aid was used, a country that served as sponsor and now faces the worst economic and social crisis in its history.