Foundation’s country representative sympathised with armed coup attempt in the country
As Venezuela’s political crisis continues, the UK government has initiated a new project promoting investigative journalism in Latin America which furtively covers Venezuela.
The project, launched last summer and intended to “influence” the media agenda in the country, follows a long history of the British government using journalism as an influencing tool. It raises suspicions that it aims to help remove the leftist government of Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro.
In a separate programme, the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), a majority UK-government funded organisation, has spent over £750,000 to “strengthen democracy” in Venezuela since 2016, according to documents obtained by
The conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is a tragedy for the citizens caught up in the fighting. It also threatens to destabilize the country’s economic and political system for years to come. Compared with these catastrophes, the implications of the war for the model of authoritarian development promoted by the Ethiopian government over the last two decades pale in significance. But these effects are nonetheless likely to be profound and may lead to a recalibration of international aid models.
In recent years, the impressive economic performances of Ethiopia and Rwanda have meant that international donors have become increasingly willing to fund authoritarian regimes in Africa on the basis that they deliver on development. Beyond the obvious concern that donors become complicit in human rights violations, the main question facing authoritarian development in Africa has always been whether the economic gains achieved under repressive rule are sustainable. Critics of th
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Booming Free Market: Nonstop imperial criminality has generated a large number of parasitic soft power companies ready to serve Anglo-American covert operations.
Three months ago we reported on documents obtained from of Her Majesties Government in Britain which revealed the intense involvement of the UK government in organizing, financing and propagandizing Syrian rebels since the start of the war on Syria. These programs were coordinated with the CIA s and the Gulf Arabs arming of the various Jihadis:
New Documents Show How The British Government Secretly Created Regime Changeâ Protests In Lebanon
Published: December 13, 2020
Three month ago we reported on documents obtained from of Her Majesties Government in Britain which revealed the intense involvement of the UK government in organizing, financing and propagandizing Syrian rebels since the start of the war on Syria. These programs were coordinated with the CIA s and the Gulf Arab s arming of the various Jihadis:
Most of the documents are detailed company responses to several solicitations from the Foreign Office for global and local campaigns in support of the moderate rebels who are fighting against the Syrian government and people.
New Documents Show How The British Government Secretly Created Regime Change Protests In Lebanon
Three month ago we reported on documents obtained from of Her Majesties Government in Britain which revealed the intense involvement of the UK government in organizing, financing and propagandizing Syrian rebels since the start of the war on Syria. These programs were coordinated with the CIA s and the Gulf Arab s arming of the various Jihadis:
Most of the documents are detailed company responses to several solicitations from the Foreign Office for global and local campaigns in support of the moderate rebels who are fighting against the Syrian government and people.