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Thursday 02 September 2010 |
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USAID
Increases
Funding
for
Venezuelan
Opposition
CARACAS
- The
United
States
Agency
for
International
Development
will
give
US$50
million
this
year to
finance
Venezuelan
opposition
groups,
according
to U.S.
government
documents
released
in the
Venezuelan
capital.
In an
interview
with
Radio
Nacional
de
Venezuela,
analyst
Eva
Golinger
said the
documents
prove
that
USAID
plans to
fund
even
political
parties,
to
campaign
for the
September
28
congressional
elections
Golinger
also
presented
reports
by a
high-ranking
USAID
executive
dated
January
2002,
when he
was
asked to
go to
Venezuela
and
create a
political
office
to
support
opposition
groups
in civil
society
and the
mass
media.
After
the
April
2002
coup,
the main
objective
of these
groups
was to
support
the
subsequent
recall
referendum,
according
to
another
memo
dated
October
2003.
For this
purpose,
USAID
invested
about
US$750,000
in a
media
campaign
by
funneling
money
through
nongovernmental
organizations
such as
Ciudadania
Activa,
Cedice
and
Sumate.
The U.S.
federal
agency
also
supplied
millions
of
dollars
for
strengthening
anti-Chavez
parties
such as
Acción
Democrática,
Copei,
MAS,
Primero
Justicia,
Proyecto
Venezuela
and Un
Nuevo
Tiempo,
currently
banded
together
in a
coalition
called
Mesa de
Unidad
Democrática.
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