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Our message to President Trump is that he should maintain the resources not only for Brazil but for other countries as well. In Brazil, Indigenous peoples who access this funding are the ones who effectively keep most of the forest standing, ensuring life not just for people in Brazil, but also the world,
Trump’s cuts will hit Latin America’s most vulnerable populations, including millions of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, as grassroots organizations providing essential care, guidance, and food are left without funding,
Bram Ebus, a Bogota-based consultant at the International Crisis Group, told The Associated Press It has always been conditional assistance, with politics involved. It has been minimal, often delayed, and not integrated with the actions of the Peruvian state,
Foreign assistance should be part of our foreign policy—as opposed to charitable giving … it could be a phenomenal lever."
Henry Sardaryan, from Moscow State Institute of International Relations, said The ongoing 90-day audit of USAID funds has raised severe concerns among humanitarian groups about the continuation of lifesaving programs."
Yuriy Boyechko, founder of Hope for Ukraine, told Newsweek The attempt by the Trump administration to shut down USAID has led to worries about diplomatic fallout and geopolitical consequences. China and Russia do not have the capacity to capitalize on this decision, but neither do U.S. allies and partners have the ability to quickly fill the gap."
Conversely, Evan Cooper, a research analyst leading the Reimagining US Diplomacy Project at the Stimson Center, said DOGE was in the building. We started -- we took down our Pride flags, we took down- I took out any books I felt would be incriminating,
Kristina Drye, a speechwriter for USAID, said They unplugged the news in the little kitchen galleys. It didn't feel good. And then Saturday, all of the websites went down. And then I lost complete access to my computer."
The Trump administration's attempt to shut down USAID is both illegal and unwise."
Philip Brenner, Emeritus Professor of International Relations and History at American University in Washington, D.C., previously told Newsweek To my friends who are upset, I would say - with respect - you know, call somebody who cares. They better get used to this."
Republican Senator John Kennedy said on Tuesday before the notice was released We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
Musk posted to X on Monday For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the ridiculous — and, in many cases, malicious — pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight,
the White House said Monday USAID asked, ‘Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street?’ and ended up in Iraq,
she wrote in another post The results: opium poppy cultivation across the country nearly doubled, according to the UN,
Their basic attitude is: ‘We don’t work for anyone. We work for ourselves',
There are a lot of functions of USAID that are going to continue, that are going to be part of American foreign policy, but it has to be aligned with American foreign policy,
Rubio said on Monday during a visit to El Salvador He's mad that @DOGE is dismantling the radical-left shadow government in full view of the public. This is our ONE CHANCE to return POWER to the PEOPLE from an unelected BUREAUcracy back to DEMOcracy!!"
Musk responded to Schumer on X on Tuesday I want the states to run schools, and I want Linda to put herself out of a job,
Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday, referring to his pick for education secretary, Linda McMahon We don't have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk,
Representative Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat told the crowd Reagan campaigned on ending the federal Dept of Education, which was created by Carter in 1979, but it was bigger when Reagan left office than when he started!"
Musk posted on X on Tuesday
