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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."

WikiLeaks’ Quito Cables Show How US Worked Against Correa

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

How Oppositionist Organizations Act Worldwide – From Egypt to Venezuela

In his TV show, late Hugo Chávez accused the group as being a Coup D’Etat group, and for being under US orders. “It’s called a soft coup”, he said.

Venezuela Beyond the Protests: The Revolution is Here to Stay

"The youth taking to the streets today in Caracas and other cities throughout the country, hiding their faces behind masks and balaclavas, destroying public buildings, vehicles, burning garbage, violently blocking transit and throwing rocks and molotov cocktails at security forces are being driven by extremist right-wing interests from Venezuela’s wealthiest sector."

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."

Amnesty International: Infamous Tool of Conspiracies

According to Dr. Boyle’s confession the main objective of “Amnesty International” is to facilitate money laundering and execute orders from the governments of the US and the UK, and especially from THE CIA. Francis Boyle says “The stance our organization took in defending the now defunct Apartheid regime in South Africa and Israel emanates from the directives it received from the US Central Intelligence Agency.”

REFLECTION: APRIL 11, 2002 | Venezuela: Coup and Countercoup, Revolution

"The NED quadrupled its funding to Venezuelan groups, such as Fedecamaras and the CTV labor federation, along with a series of NGOs plotting Chavez’s ouster. A State Department cable from the first week of March 2002 claimed « Another piece falls in to place » and applauded the opposition’s efforts to finally create a plan for a transitional government...These events changed Venezuela forever and awoke the consciousness of many who had underestimated the importance and vulnerability of their Revolution."

Capital-driven Civil Society

"Overemphasis in Leftist literature on aggressive aspects of imperialism (waged through both overt and covert military, economic, and diplomatic domination) has unfortunately meant that little attention has been paid to the equally important ‘friendly face’ of imperialism. Thus, when combined with the near total media blackout of critical analyses of elite funding of progressive groups, it is little wonder that there is minimal discussion of this phenomenon."

Capitalising On Nonviolence

"Massive displays of nonviolent resistance have always been an essential component to challenging oppression successfully. One can only hope that Western citizens will learn from contemporary history and rise up to overthrow the ultra-violent warmongers who manage their countries too, mindful of the fact that nonviolent liberal institutions are routinely complicit in the brutality of the systems they ostensibly criticize."

FLASHBACK 2007 | Hijacking Human Rights | Human Rights Watch

"Indeed, HRW was created in 1978 as the Helsinki Watch (which later became HRW's Europe and Central Asia Advisory Committee) "at the instigation of Arthur Goldberg" with the start-up costs covered by a $400,000 from the Ford Foundation. Furthermore, as Bruce Montgomery (2002) observes their establishment credentials were fortified by Robert L. Bernstein (the founder of HRW) who "began by recruiting the establishment elite to give the cause clout and visibility."