Friday, June 24, 2011

USAID Identifies Its “Prey” in Annual Program to Destabilize Cuba: LGBT, Journalists and Others http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com/2011/06/23/usaid-identifies-its-prey-in-annual-program-to-destabilize-cuba-lgbt-journalists-and-others/

Below is the State Department’s latest request for proposals from organizations interested in carrying out democracy work in Cuba. This request covers $4.1 million in fiscal 2010 funds, part of the $20 million that Sen. John Kerry froze on April 1 because he had questions and concerns about the programs.The State Department on March 31 sent Congress a notice discussing how it planned to spend the $20 million.This new request for proposals adds some detail on ways that $4.1 million of the $20 million in funds would be allocated.According to the request, the money would be spent on the following:

People with disabilities – $200,000 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, or LGBT – $300,000 Professional journalists – $600,000 Artists, writers, poets and bloggers – $600,000 Social inclusion, improvement of living standards – $1 million Conflict resolution, promoting peace in civil society – $300,000 Legal associations – $700,000 Human rights documentation – $427,024

[ALSO SEE...USAID invests more than $ 2.3 million in online propaganda against Cuba http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2010/05/usaid-invests-more-than-2.html

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