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USAID & the Cuban Five: Criminalizing Counterterrorism, Legalizing Regime Change

"Havana sentenced Gross to 15 years in prison for smuggling and encouraging “acts against the integrity” of the state in December 2009. The Cuban authorities view the operations of USAID as attempts to foment regime change and consider such programs to be an affront to its sovereignty. Washington has refused even to provide operational details of its USAID projects in Cuba to various congressional committees charged with overseeing the program, which operates with a massive $20 million budget."

Undermining Democracy Abroad

"While critics of deceptively-named agencies like United States Institute of Peace point out that the supposed peace research looks more like the study of new and potential means of aggression through trade embargoes, austerity programs, and electoral interventions, its board when it was established in 1984 looked like a who’s who of right-wing ideologues from academia, the CIA and the Pentagon."

The Dirty Hand of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in Venezuela

"The NED, a “foundation” created by Congress in 1983 to essentially do the CIA’s work overtly, has been one of the principal financiers of destabilization in Venezuela throughout the Chavez administration and now against President Maduro. According to NED’s 2013 annual report, the agency channeled more than $2.3 million to Venezuelan opposition groups and projects. "

Raíces Desestabilizadoras de FF AA de EE UU en Ecuador [1]

"La VOA y sus emisoras afiliadas en Ecuador trabajan sistemáticamente con vistas de confundir ideológicamente a las masas populares e indígenas, apoyada por el trabajo de zapa que realizan varias ONGs. Como resultado de esta táctica han logrado crear conflictos diversos entre el gobierno y el movimiento indígena mediante el empleo de la mentira, la confusión y la detracción de los objetivos reformadores del gobierno de Rafael Correa."

USAID Subversion in Latin America Not Limited to Cuba

"One particular favorite has been the NGO Súmate and its leader Maria Corina Machado, who has made headlines over the past two months for her role in the protest movement."

Pierre Omidyar Co-funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government, Documents Show

"New Citizen, along with the rest of Rybachuk’s interlocking network of western-backed NGOs and campaigns— “Center UA” (also spelled “Centre UA”), “Chesno,” and “Stop Censorship” to name a few — grew their power by targeting pro-Yanukovych politicians with a well-coordinated anti-corruption campaign that built its strength in Ukraine’s regions, before massing in Kiev last autumn."

US Halts Economic Aid to Bolivia Citing Expulsion of USAID

“We do not need charity. We’ll study this thoroughly and, who knows, maybe Bolivia can cooperate with the American people,” President Morales said, without explaining what he meant by cooperation with Americans. “Let them condition , let them blackmail us,” he added, heatedly. “To me, there’s never been any aid.”

Greenbacks for Blue Buckets: USAID Support for Instability in Russia

"It was not until September 2012, over two years after USAID was linked to the Blue Buckets, that President Vladimir Putin ordered USAID out of Russia. Some 57 NGOs in Russia were said to receive official financial support from USAID. That number did not count the unofficial support rendered by USAID to other groups, some with close links to terrorist groups in the Russian Caucasus region, particularly Chechnya and Dagestan."

Ecuador: Government Announces End of Cooperation with USAID

According to the SETECI, since 2007, USAID had invested a yearly average of US$32mn in initiatives in Ecuador, the majority of which were implemented by local and international NGOs.

US Intelligence Planning to Oust the President of Ecuador

"The USAID office is leaving Ecuador, but U.S. intelligence operations for destabilizing the country continue. By all appearances, new attacks in this area will be made in connection with Correa's plans to reduce the size of the armed forces and transfer part of the military personnel to police agencies. Anonymous «army dissidents» are already making hostile statements with regard to Correa and his attempts to «take Chavez' place on the continent». This wording directly indicates what forces are behind the campaign being launched against Correa."