L.A. Times’ Distorted Report on USAID
By Steve Rendall | FAIR | May 10, 2013
“USAID Develops a Bad Reputation Among Some Foreign Leaders,” read a May 7 Los Angeles Times headline, followed by the subhead:
United States Agency for International Development
Bolivia Expels USAID Because They ‘Continue to Conspire’
Bolivian President Evo Morales recently announced he has expelled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), saying such “institutions” “continue to conspire.”
USAID, thanks to lots of propaganda, is thought to be a wonderful, almost charitable arm of the U.S. government that aims to promote democratic institutions and economic progress. Instead, it pushes through a staunch, pro-American agenda often at the expense of democratic institutions.
Bolivia Expels USAID: Not Why, but Why Not Sooner
By Jake Johnston | CEPR | May 1, 2013
At a speech celebrating May Day in Bolivia today, President Evo Morales announced the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from the country. According to the AP, Morales stated: