Source: Antiwar.com
by John Perry & Roger D Harris
“‘Take your money with you,’ said Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, when told about Trump’s plans to cut aid to Latin America, ‘it’s poison.’ USAID (US Agency for International Development) spends around $2 billion annually in Latin America, which is only 5% of its global budget. … While USAID does some good – such as removing landmines in Vietnam (themselves a product of US wrongdoing) – as an agency of the world’s hegemon, its fundamental role is aligned with projecting US world dominance. Not unexpectedly, the corporate media have largely come to the rescue of USAID. They try to give the impression that they are mainly concerned that some countries would be badly effected by its loss. In fact, the follow-the-flag media understand that USAID is part of the imperial toolkit.” (02/13/25)
https://original.antiwar.com/john_perry/2025/02/12/the-demise-of-usaid-few-regrets-in-latin-america/