Resolution from the Political
Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) for
the immediate withdrawal of USAID from member countries of the alliance.
On behalf of the Chancellors of the
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, gathered in Rio de Janeiro,
Federal Republic of Brazil, on June 21st 2012.
Given the open interference of the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the internal
politics of the ALBA countries, under the excuse of “planning and administering
economic and humanitarian assistance for the whole world outside of the United
States,” financing non-governmental organizations and actions and projects
designed to destabilise the legitimate governments which do not share their
common interests.
Knowing the evidence brought to
light by the declassified documents of the North American State Department in
which the financing of organisations and political parties in opposition to
ALBA countries is made evident, in a clear and shameless interference in
the internal political processes of each nation.
Given that this intervention of a
foreign country in the internal politics of a country is contrary to the
internal legislation of each nation.
On the understanding that in the
majority of ALBA countries, USAID, through its different organisations and
disguises, acts in an illegal manner with impunity, without possessing a legal
framework to support this action, and illegally financing the media, political
leaders and non-governmental organisations, amongst others.
On the understanding that through
these financing programmes they are supporting NGOs which promote all kind of
fundamentalism in order to conspire and limit the legal authority of our
states, and in many cases, widely loot our natural resources on territory which
they claim to control at their own free will.
Conscious of the fact that our
countries do not need any kind of external financing for the maintenance of our
democracies, which are consolidated through the will of the Latin American and
Caribbean people, in the same way that we do not need organisations in the
charge of foreign powers which, in practice, usurp and weaken the presence of
state organisms and prevent them from developing the role that corresponds to
them in the economic and social arena of our populations.
We resolve to:
Request that the heads of state and
the government of the states who are members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the
Peoples of Our America, immediately expel USAID and its delegates or
representatives from their countries, due to the fact that we consider their
presence and actions to constitute an interference which threatens the
sovereignty and stability of our nations.
In the city of Rio de Janeiro,
Federal Republic of Brazil, June 21st 2012.
Signed by:
The government of the Pluri-national
state of Bolivia.
The government of the Republic of
Cuba.
The government of the Republic of
Ecuador.
The government of the Commonwealth
of Dominica.
The government of the Republic of
Nicaragua.
The government of the Bolivarian
Republic of Venezuela.
Translated by Rachael Boothroyd for
Venezuelanalysis
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wise move. usa has nothing but trouble to offer others.
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