ʻO nā kūʻē kūʻē i ke aupuni ma Venezuela e ʻimi nei i ka hoʻololi aupuni ua alakaʻi ʻia e kekahi mau kānaka a me nā hui me nā pilina pili i ke aupuni US. ʻO Leopoldo Lopez lāua ʻo Maria Corina Machado - ʻelua o nā alakaʻi aupuni ma hope o nā kūʻē kūʻē i hoʻomaka i Pepeluali - he mau moʻolelo lōʻihi lākou ma ke ʻano he mau hoa hana, hāʻawi a me nā ʻelele o Wakinekona. ʻO ka National Endowment for Democracy "NED" a me ka US Agency for International Development (USAID) ua hoʻokaʻawale i nā kālā miliona miliona i nā hui kālai'āina o Lopez ʻo Primero Justicia a me Voluntad Popular, a me Machado NGO Sumate a me kāna mau koho balota.
Ua kānana pū kēia mau keʻena o Wakinekona ma mua o $ 14 miliona i nā hui kū'ē ma Venezuela ma waena o 2013 a me 2014, me ke kālā no kā lākou mau hoʻolaha politika ma 2013 a no nā kūʻē kūʻē aupuni i kēia manawa ma 2014. Ke hoʻomau nei kēia i ke ʻano o ke kālā kālā mai ke aupuni US nā hui kū'ē iā Chavez ma Venezuela mai ka makahiki 2001, i ka manawa i hāʻawi ʻia ai nā miliona kālā i nā hui mai ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "civil society" e hoʻokō i kahi kipi kūʻē iā Pelekikena Chavez i ʻApelila 2002. ʻO Transition Initiatives (OTI) ma Caracas e hoʻokomo pū me ka NED ma mua o $ 100 miliona i nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke aupuni Chavez a hoʻoikaika i ka kūʻē i nā makahiki 8 e hiki mai ana.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2011, ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻia ʻana no kāna mau hewa nui o ke kānāwai Venezuelan a me ke aupuni, ua pani ka OTI i kona mau puka ma Venezuela a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā hana USAID i kāna mau keʻena ma US. ʻAʻole i pau ka kahe kālā i nā pūʻulu kūʻē i ke aupuni, ʻoiai ke kau ʻia e Venezuela's National Assembly of the Law of Political Sovereignty and NationalSelf-Determination ma ka hopena o 2010, ka mea e pāpā loa i ke kālā kālā o nā hui politika ma ka ʻāina. ʻO nā keʻena US a me nā hui Venezuelan i loaʻa i kā lākou kālā ke hoʻomau nei i ka uhaki i ke kānāwai me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻole. I loko o ka Obama Administration's Foreign Operations Budgets, ma waena o $5-6 miliona i hoʻokomo ʻia no ke kālā ʻana i nā hui kūʻē ma Venezuela ma o USAID mai 2012.
ʻO ka NED, kahi "hoʻokumu" i hana ʻia e ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ma 1983 e hana maoli i ka hana a ka CIA, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea waiwai nui o ka destabilization ma Venezuela i ka hoʻokele Chavez a i kēia manawa kūʻē iā Pelekikena Maduro. Wahi a ka NED's 2013 makahiki hōʻike, ua hoʻokaʻawale ke keʻena ma mua o $ 2.3 miliona i nā hui kūʻē Venezuelan a me nā papahana. I loko o kēlā helu, ua hele pololei ʻo $ 1,787,300 i nā hui kūʻē i ke aupuni ma Venezuela, aʻo kekahi $ 590,000 i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hui kūloko e hana pū ana me ke kālā kūʻē o Venezuelan. ʻOi aku ma mua o $300,000 i kuhikuhi ʻia i nā hana e hoʻomohala i kahi hanauna hou o nā alakaʻi ʻōpio e kūʻē i ke aupuni o Maduro ma ke ʻano politika.
ʻO kekahi o nā pūʻulu i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e NED e hana pū me nā ʻōpio ʻo FORMA (http://www.forma.org.ve), he hui i alakaʻi ʻia e Cesar Briceño a hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā Venezuelan banker Oscar Garcia Mendoza. Hoʻokele ʻo Garcia Mendoza i ka Banco Venezolano de Credito, kahi panakō Venezuelan i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he kānana no ke kahe ʻana o nā kālā mai NED a me USAID i nā hui kūʻē ma Venezuela, me Sumate, CEDICE, Sin Mordaza, Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones a me FORMA, a me kekahi. .
ʻO kekahi hapa nui o nā kālā NED ma Venezuela mai 2013-2014 i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hui a me nā hoʻolālā e hana ana i ka media a holo i ka hoʻolaha e hōʻino i ke aupuni o Pelekikena Maduro. ʻO kekahi o nā hui media ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma waho e kūʻē iā Maduro a loaʻa nā kālā NED ʻo Espacio Publico, Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (IPYS), Sin Mordaza a me GALI. I loko o ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻouka ʻia kahi kaua media i hala ʻole e kūʻē i ke aupuni Venezuelan a me Pelekikena Maduro pololei, i hoʻonui ʻia i nā mahina i hala aku nei o nā kūʻē.
Ma ke kue pololei ʻana i ke kānāwai Venezuelan, ua hāʻawi kālā pū ʻo NED i ka hui kūʻē kūʻē, ka Democratic Unity Table (MUD), ma o ka US International Republican Institute (IRI), me $100,000 e "kaʻana like i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia me [nā hui kūʻē i ke aupuni] ma Nicaragua, Argentina. a me Bolivia ... a ʻae i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻike Venezuelan ma kēia mau ʻāina. E pili ana i kēia hoʻolālā, ʻo ka NED 2013 makahiki hōʻike kikoʻī i kāna pahuhopu: "E hoʻomohala i ka hiki o nā mea hana kālai'āina a me nā hui kīwila mai Nicaragua, Argentina a me Bolivia e hana i nā papahana pili aupuni no ko lākou mau ʻāina me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia a me nā hana maikaʻi loa. mai nā hoa hui kūleʻa o Venezuela. E kōkua ka Institute i ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā ʻike ma waena o ka Venezuelan Democratic Unity Roundtable a me nā hoa ma Bolivia, Nicaragua a me Argentina. E hui pū ʻo IRI i kēia mau mea hana ma o ke ʻano o nā hana i hana ʻia e hiki ai ke hoʻololi i ka ʻike Venezuelan i kēia mau ʻāina.
Ua kōkua ʻo IRI i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā ʻaoʻao kūʻē ʻēheu ʻākau ʻo Primero Justicia a me Voluntad Popular, a ua hana pū me ka hui kūʻē aupuni ma Venezuela ma mua o ka hoʻokahuli aupuni 2002 kūʻē iā Chavez. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka pelekikena o IRI i kēlā manawa, ʻo George Folsom, ua hoʻomaikaʻi i waho i ka hoʻokahuli aupuni a hoʻolauleʻa i ke kuleana o IRI ma kahi paʻi paʻi e ʻōlelo ana, "Ua lawelawe ka Institute ma ke alahaka ma waena o nā ʻaoʻao politika o ka lāhui a me nā hui kīwila āpau e kōkua i ka poʻe Venezuela e kūkulu i kahi demokala hou. e hiki mai ana…”
Hōʻike ʻia i loko o kahi hōʻike i paʻi ʻia e ka Spanish institute FRIDE i ka makahiki 2010, ʻo nā keʻena o ka honua e hāʻawi kālā i ka kūʻē Venezuelan e uhaki i nā kānāwai mālama kālā i mea e loaʻa ai kā lākou mau kālā i ka poʻe loaʻa. Ua hōʻoia pū ʻia ma ka hōʻike FRIDE ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hapa nui o nā hui honua, koe naʻe ka Komisina ʻEulopa, ke lawe mai nei i nā kālā haole a hoʻololi iā ia ma ka mākeke ʻeleʻele, me ke kū ʻole i ke kānāwai Venezuelan. I kekahi mau hihia, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka loiloi FRIDE, wehe nā keʻena i nā waihona waihona ma waho no nā hui Venezuelan a i ʻole lākou e lawe mai i ke kālā ma ke kālā paʻakikī. Hiki i ka US Embassy ma Caracas ke hoʻohana i ka ʻeke diplomatic e lawe mai i ka nui o nā kālā i ʻike ʻole ʻia a me nā euros i loko o ka ʻāina i hāʻawi ʻole ʻia i nā hui anti-aupuni ma Venezuela.
ʻO ka mea maopopo, ke hoʻomau nei ke aupuni US i ka hana ʻana i nā hana e hoʻopau ai iā Venezuela me ka ʻae ʻole i ke kānāwai. Pono paha nā hana kānāwai ikaika a me ka hoʻokō e hōʻoia i ka mana a me ka pale ʻana i ke aupuni democracy o Venezuela.
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