Thursday, September 09, 2004

United States government tries to cover up covert financing to the Venezuelan opposition and Sumate to the tune of US$10 million

Sumate, despite its numerous undemocratic positions and actions, has also been a recipient of US government funds from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in 2003.
However, new documents obtained by Venezuelafoia.info have all been censored by the US government despite the use of the FOIA, which is intended to ensure transparency in US government operations.
The Department of State has withheld the names of the organizations receiving financing from USAID by misapplying a FOIA exemption that is intended to protect “personnel and medical files” of individuals.

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