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WATCH: Haiti – The Role of the UN, International Aid, and NGOs in Haiti

"The year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the US occupation of Haiti and 10 years of the UN Stabilization Mission in the country."

US-Funded NGO in Ecuador Accused of ‘Political Meddling’

"The organization is funded in part through a US$84,000 grant from the U.S.-funded National Endowment for Democracy. U.S. Ambassor to Ecuador Adam Namm told El Telegrafo that Fundamedios received US$300,000 in 2012 from USAID, which receives its funds from the U.S. government."

Don’t get confused, in Ecuador the people support Correa and the Citizens’ Revolution

Today the right wing opposition continues to receive funding from NGOs protecting US interests. According to the Bolivian and Ecuadorian heads of state, the “empire” is attacking Latin American nations with “soft coups”.

Social Media Coup? The Vile Virality of Venezuela’s Opposition

"“The focus on youth has been a long running strategy, while the social media element is a more recent (and cheaper) instrument of soft power..."

Pimping for Destabilizations: Shepard Fairey for Venezuela (USAID) | Banksy for Syria (Purpose Inc.)

"Exploited youth are the sacrificial lambs of the ruling classes in the 21st century. Art and corporate culture as a weapon for destabilization."

WATCH: The Do Gooders

"NGOs are increasingly motivated by self interest, they need money, they need to pay themselves in their jobs and in order to get those contracts they have to keep quiet about what’s going on and that’s really shitty to see."

Aid, Internationalists and Self Interest in Palestine

"Already living in an occupied land which is both restrictive and prescriptive, Palestinians have to deal with “Do Gooders”, the entourage of “internationalists”, NGOs and the likes of USAID, when what Ruthven’s film shows is that what they want is the right to self determination, to work out between themselves how to improve their lives on a daily basis and look to the future."

The Intercept’s Interference: Notes on Media, Capitalism, & Imperialism | Part II: Non-Governmental Force Multipliers

"So there it lies. A calculation that seeks to alleviate a suffering tacitly accepts the endurability of that suffering and ultimately prolongs it. The Israeli ruling class is, like most imperialists, not stupid; it knows that humanitarian NGOs pose zero threat, and so it tolerates them."

WikiLeaks’ Quito Cables Show How US Worked Against Correa

Green Left Weekly September 8, 2014 By Linda Pearson President Rafael Correa...

Ex-CIA Agent Reveals how Venezuelan “Students” Get Putschist Training

"In a recent interview in Havana, a former CIA collaborator, Cuban Raúl Capote, revealed the strategy of the CIA in Venezuelan universities to create the kind of destabilizing opposition student movement the country is currently facing. "