A kufufuza kwatsopano Bungwe la Associated Press ku bungwe la U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) lokhazikitsa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti ku Cuba lalandira chidwi kwambiri sabata ino. nkhaniyo inatha, ndipo kupereka ndemanga kuchokera kwa mamembala osiyanasiyana a Congress ndi ena opanga mfundo. Ntchito ya "ZunZuneo", yomwe AP inanena kuti "ikufuna kusokoneza boma la chikomyunizimu la Cuba," imayang'aniridwa ndi Ofesi ya USAID ya Transition Initiatives (OTI). AP imalongosola OTI ngati "gawo lomwe lidapangidwa pambuyo pa kugwa kwa Soviet Union kuti lilimbikitse zofuna za US pakusintha kwandale - popanda tepi yofiyira." Zoyesayesa zake zowononga boma la Cuba sizachilendo, komabe, poganizira mbiri ya bungweli m'maiko ena m'derali.
Monga CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot adafotokozera mu kuyankhulana ndi wailesi ya KPFA "Letters and Politics" dzulo, USAID ndi OTI makamaka achita zoyesayesa zosiyanasiyana zowononga maboma osankhidwa mwa demokalase a Venezuela, Bolivia, ndi Haiti, mwa ena, ndipo "mabungwe otseguka" otere atha kukhudzidwa ndi zochitika zoterezi kuposa Cuba. Zolemba zaboma za US zomwe sizinatchulidwe zikuwonetsa kuti USAID OTI ku Venezuela adagwira gawo lofunikira popereka ndalama ndikugwira ntchito ndi magulu ndi anthu pawokha potsatira kulanda kwanthawi yayitali kwa 2002 motsutsana ndi Hugo Chรกvez. Kontrakitala wamkulu wa USAID/OTI pakuchita izi wakhala Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI).
Zingwe zaposachedwa za dipatimenti ya boma zomwe zidapangidwa poyera ndi Wikileaks zikuwonetsa kuti kuphwanya kwa USAID/OTI ku Venezuela kudapitilira nthawi ya Obama (mpaka 2010, pomwe ndalama zogulira OTI ku Venezuela zikuwoneka kuti zatha), ndipo DAI idapitilizabe kuchita gawo lofunikira. A Chingwe cha State department kuyambira November 2006 akufotokoza njira ya kazembe wa U.S. ku Venezuela ndi momwe USAID/OTI โntchito zimathandizira [ndondomeko]โ:
(S) Mu August wa 2004, Ambassador adalongosola ndondomeko ya gulu la dziko la 5 kuti atsogolere ntchito za ambassy ku Venezuela kwa nthawi ya 2004 ) 2006 (makamaka, kuchokera ku referendum kupita ku chisankho cha pulezidenti wa 2006). Cholinga cha ndondomekoyi ndi: 1) Kulimbitsa Mabungwe a Demokalase, 2) Kulowetsa Chavez 'Political Base, 3) Kugawa Chavismo, 4) Kuteteza Bizinesi Yofunika Kwambiri ku US, ndi 5) Kupatula Chavez padziko lonse lapansi.
Zina mwa njira zomwe USAID/OTI yathandizira ndondomekoyi ndi kudzera mwa ndalama ndi maphunziro a magulu otsutsa. Izi August 2009 chingwe atchula wamkulu wa USAID/OTI kontrakitala wa ofesi ya DAI ku Venezuela Eduardo Fernandez kuti, pa zionetsero za 2009, kuti onse omwe akukonzekera ziwonetsero ndi opereka thandizo la DAI:
ยถ5. (S) Fernandez adauza DCM Caulfield kuti amakhulupirira kuti cholinga chapawiri [Scientific, Penal and Criminal Investigations Corps'] ndi kupeza zambiri zokhudzana ndi omwe amapereka thandizo la DAI ndikudula ndalama zawo. Fernandez adati "misewu ndi yotentha," ponena za ziwonetsero zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira zotsutsana ndi zomwe a Chavez adachita kuti aphatikize mphamvu, ndipo "anthu onsewa (oyambitsa ziwonetsero) ndi othandizira athu." Fernandez wakhala akutsogolera maphunziro osakondera komanso mapulogalamu othandizira anthu kuyambira 2004 ku DAI ku Venezuela. "
The November 2006 chingwe akufotokoza chitsanzo cha abwenzi a USAID/OTI ku Venezuela "kutseka [mzinda]":
11. (S) CECAVID: Pulojekitiyi inathandiza bungwe lopanda boma lomwe likugwira ntchito ndi amayi omwe ali m'magawo osakhazikika a Barquisimeto, mzinda wachisanu waukulu kwambiri ku Venezuela. Maphunzirowa anawathandiza kukambitsirana ndi boma la mzinda kuti apereke mikhalidwe yabwino yogwirira ntchito. Pambuyo povomerezana ndi momwe amayiwa alili, boma la mzindawu lidasiya ndipo azimayiwo adatseka mzindawu kwa masiku awiri ndikukakamiza meya kuti abwerere pagome lokambirana. Ntchitoyi tsopano ikubwerezedwanso kudera lina la Venezuela.
Zotsatira za momwe zinthu ziliri ku Venezuela ndizodziwikiratu, pokhapokha titaganiza kuti ntchito zotere zatha ngakhale ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni ambiri ku USAID. yoperekedwa ku Venezuela, zina zimadutsa m'mabungwe monga Nyumba yaufulu, ndi International Republican Institute, ena mwa iwonso magulu omwe adalandira ndalama omwe adachita nawo kulanda boma mu 2002 (omwe ogwira ntchito otchuka a IRI adawombera m'manja panthawiyo).
Zomwezo Novembala 2006 Chingwe akuti cholinga chimodzi cha pulogalamu ya OTI ndikulimbikitsa thandizo la mayiko otsutsa:
โฆDAI yabweretsa atsogoleri ambiri apadziko lonse lapansi ku Venezuela, maprofesa a mayunivesite, mamembala a NGO, ndi atsogoleri andale kuti atenge nawo gawo pamisonkhano ndi masemina, omwe pambuyo pake amabwerera kumayiko awo ndikumvetsetsa bwino za zenizeni zaku Venezuela komanso ngati olimbikitsa otsutsa a ku Venezuela.
Zambiri mwa zikwizikwi za zingwe zochokera ku ambassy ya ku United States ku Caracas zomwe zaperekedwa ndi Wikileaks zimalongosola kulankhulana nthawi zonse ndi kugwirizana ndi atsogoleri otsutsa otsutsa ndi magulu. Mmodzi yemwe amakonda kwambiri ndi bungwe la NGO Sรบmate ndi mtsogoleri wawo Marรญa Corina Machado, yemwe adakhala pamutu pamiyezi iwiri yapitayi chifukwa cha gawo lake pachiwonetsero. Zingwezi zikuwonetsa kuti Machado m'mbiri yakale adatengapo mbali monyanyira kuposa atsogoleri ena otsutsa, ndipo ofesi ya kazembeyo idakayikira mwachinsinsi njira ya Sรบmate yonyozetsa dongosolo la zisankho la Venezuela zomwe zapangitsa kuti otsutsa azigonjetsedwe pamavoti (makamaka mu 2005 pomwe zisankho za Venezuela zidapambana. kunyalanyazidwa kwa otsutsa kudapangitsa kuti a Chavista athe kulamulira National Assembly). Ziwonetsero zamakono sizili zosiyana; Machado ndi Leopoldo Lรณpez adayambitsa kampeni ya "La Salida" kumapeto kwa Januware ndi cholinga chake chokakamiza Purezidenti Nicolรกs Maduro kuchoka paudindo, ndi kulumbira ku "kuyambitsa chisokonezo m'misewu."
Thandizo la USAID pakusokoneza sichinsinsi kwa maboma omwe akuwafuna. Mu Seputembala 2008, mkati mwa kampeni yachiwawa, ya tsankho komanso yosagwirizana ndi boma losankhidwa mwa demokalase la Evo Morales ku Bolivia, Morales adathamangitsa kazembe wa US, ndipo Venezuela idatsatira "mgwirizano." Bolivia pambuyo pake idzathetsa kukhudzidwa konse kwa USAID ku Bolivia pambuyo pa bungweli anakana kuulula omwe inali kupereka ndalama mdziko muno (Zopempha za Ufulu wa Chidziwitso zinali zitaperekedwa paokha koma sizinayankhidwe). Kazembe wa U.S. ku Bolivia analipo kale wagwidwa kufunsa anthu odzipereka a Peace Corps ndi akatswiri a Fulbright mdzikolo kuti achite ukazitape.
Pothirira ndemanga pa pulogalamu ya USAID/OTI ZunZuneo yomwe yalephera ku Cuba, Wapampando wa House Oversight and Government Reform Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) Ndemanga kuti, โSizimene USAID ikuyenera kuchita[.] USAID ikuwulutsa mbendera ya ku America ndipo ikuyenera kuzindikirika padziko lonse lapansi ngati mlaliki woona mtima wochita zabwino. Akayamba kuchita nawo zinthu zobisa, zoukira boma, kudalirika kwa United States kumachepa. โ
Koma mbiri ya USAID yochita zigawenga ndi yayitali, ndipo kudalirika kwa US ngati "broker wowona mtima" kudatayika zaka zambiri zapitazo.
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