USAID Chief’s Visit to Colombo‐Venezuelan Border Raises Spectre of Interference
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The organization has a long history of funding opposition groups in the Caribbean nation.
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One of many “Gringo, Respect” murals in Caracas. (Archive)
By Cira Pascual Marquina
Caracas, July 17, 2018 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mark Green, visited the Colombian frontier city of Cucuta Monday, pledging six million US dollars of support for organizations dealing with Venezuelans who cross the border.
The move fits a pattern of US interference in the region that has often relied on this governmental agency. USAID’s mandate is to provide “foreign aid” and “development assistance,” but its activity has often evidenced directly political or even subversive motives related...