The Secretary of State, Marco Rubiosaid the Trump administration had to adopt a hard -line approach towards the International Development Agency of the United States (USAID) due to resistance and “insubordination”From some of its officials to the efforts to carry out a more orderly review of its global programs.
“Now we are going to have to work from the bottom to top from top to bottom to identify which programs should be designated especially and, therefore, exempt”From a freezing operations, Rubio declared the media on Wednesday in Guatemala City during a tour of Latin America.
The majority of USAID employees will be placed on administrative license as of Friday, according to a statement published on Tuesday on the agency’s website. The in functions “of fundamental importance“And”central leadership”They will be exempt, according to the statement.
Personnel members destined abroad must return within 30 days, with exceptions that will be considered “Case case”He said.
When asked if the trimming of American assistance would help US adversaries, Rubio replied that “What would be a gift for our geopolitical rivals are billions of dollars of foreign aid that do not conform to the national interest and the foreign policy of USA”
The agency has become a battlefield in the campaign of President Donald Trump and his billionaire supporter Elon Musk to transform the federal government.
Last weekend, Musk repeatedly criticized USAID in X, the social media platform of his property, and Trump described the agency as “Directed by a group of radical lunatics”
On Monday, Rubio said he was now in charge of USAID and warned US legislators that the agency could be abolished after a review of its operations.
These measures have been denounced as an attack on the agency and the authority of the Congress, which approved a legislation that Usaid and finances it, and some Democratic members have promised to fight against it.
In fiscal year 2023, the USAID managed more than US $ 43,000 million in allocations, most of which were allocated to Europe and Eurasia, followed by sub -Saharan Africa. The agency works mainly through contractors on the field, from maternal health programs in rural Africa to cholera treatment in Bangladesh and services for migrants in Latin America.
Source: Gestion
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