key
points:
“According
to NED’s 2013 annual report, the agency channeled more than $2.3
million to Venezuelan opposition groups and projects. Within that
figure, $1,787,300 went directly to anti-government groups within
Venezuela, while another $590,000 was distributed to regional
organizations that work with and fund the Venezuelan opposition. More
than $300,000 was directed towards efforts to develop a new
generation of youth leaders to oppose Maduro’s government
politically.”
“One of
the groups funded by NED to specifically work with youth is FORMA, an
organization led by Cesar Briceño and tied to Venezuelan banker
Oscar Garcia Mendoza. Garcia Mendoza runs the Banco Venezolano de
Credito, a Venezuelan bank that has served as the filter for the flow
of dollars from NED and USAID to opposition groups in Venezuela,
including Sumate, CEDICE, Sin Mordaza, Observatorio Venezolano de
Prisiones and FORMA, amongst others.”
“Another
significant part of NED funds in Venezuela from 2013-2014 was given
to groups and initiatives that work in media and run the campaign to
discredit the government of President Maduro. Some of the more active
media organizations outwardly opposed to Maduro and receiving NED
funds include Espacio Publico, Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS),
Sin Mordaza and GALI. Throughout the past year, an unprecedented
media war has been waged against the Venezuelan government and
President Maduro directly, which has intensified during the past few
months of protests.”
“Detailed
in a report published by the Spanish institute FRIDE in 2010,
international agencies that fund the Venezuelan opposition violate
currency control laws in order to get their dollars to the
recipients. Also confirmed in the FRIDE report was the fact that the
majority of international agencies, with the exception of the
European Commission, are bringing in foreign money and changing it on
the black market, in clear violation of Venezuelan law. In some
cases, as the FRIDE analysis reports, the agencies open bank accounts
abroad for the Venezuelan groups or they bring them the money in hard
cash. The US Embassy in Caracas could also use the diplomatic pouch
to bring large quantities of unaccounted dollars and euros into the
country that are later handed over illegally to anti-government
groups in Venezuela.”
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