Perhaps US President Donald Trump’s move to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) isn’t about ending US subversive operations abroad but a strategic restructuring.
Top officials, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, insist the agency’s programmes are under review and, where necessary, they will be reorganised and even privatised rather than outright terminated. While hundreds of employees have been let go and some projects paused, key operations have been protected through waivers or shifted to other agencies, ensuring that vital functions continue.
Despite its humanitarian façade, USAID has a long history of involvement in covert actions worldwide, as we show in Slide 3, suggesting that such activities may continue under new oversight.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/donald-trump-elon-musk-usaid-soft-power-china-russia-rcna189756
USAID in subversion
http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/12659
Cuban Twitter
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest
USAID vs Chavez
https://the307.substack.com/p/how-the-ned-and-usaid-are-tools-of
Uruguay torture programme
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/08/13/teaching-torture-the-death-and-legacy-of-dan-mitrione