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| [[File:Seal of USAID.svg|thumb|Seal]]
| | The '''United States Agency for International Development''' ('''USAID''') is a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] cut-out organization that is used to promote regime change operations in countries that are targeted by US imperialism.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Wayne Madsen|date=2014-04-08|title=USAID: A history of front companies acting on behalf of the CIA|url=http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/12659|newspaper=Intrepid Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103200816/http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/12659|archive-date=2021-11-04|retrieved=}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Ben Norton]]|date=2021-06-01|title=How USAID created Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista media apparatus, now under money laundering investigation|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2021/06/01/cia-usaid-nicaragua-right-wing-media/|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104212806/https://thegrayzone.com/2021/06/01/cia-usaid-nicaragua-right-wing-media/|archive-date=2021-11-04|retrieved=}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Kit Klarenberg]]|date=2021-05-09|title=‘Humanitarian’ agency USAID was ‘key tool’ for Washington undermining the Venezuelan government, official review reveals|url=https://www.rt.com/op-ed/523110-usaid-venezuela-undermine-government/|newspaper=[[RT]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005232844/https://www.rt.com/op-ed/523110-usaid-venezuela-undermine-government/|archive-date=2021-10-05|retrieved=}}</ref> |
| The '''United States Agency for International Development''' ('''USAID''') is an agency of the [[United States Department of State|US State Department]] with the stated mission to assist in "international development." Former USAID director [[John Gilligan]] admitted it was "infiltrated from top to bottom with [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] people."<ref>{{News citation|journalist=David H. Price|date=2016-03-10|title=Cold War Anthropology|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cold_War_Anthropology/dn6tCwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22infiltrated+from+top+to+bottom+with+cia+people%22+gilligan&pg=PT146&printsec=frontcover|newspaper=Duke University Press|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> It has been described as CIA cut-out organization that is used to promote regime change operations in countries that are targeted by [[United States imperialism|US imperialism]].<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Wayne Madsen|date=2014-04-08|title=USAID: A history of front companies acting on behalf of the CIA|url=http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/12659|newspaper=Intrepid Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103200816/http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/12659|archive-date=2021-11-04|retrieved=}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Ben Norton]]|date=2021-06-01|title=How USAID created Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista media apparatus, now under money laundering investigation|url=https://thegrayzone.com/2021/06/01/cia-usaid-nicaragua-right-wing-media/|newspaper=[[The Grayzone]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104212806/https://thegrayzone.com/2021/06/01/cia-usaid-nicaragua-right-wing-media/|archive-date=2021-11-04|retrieved=}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|journalist=[[Kit Klarenberg]]|date=2021-05-09|title=‘Humanitarian’ agency USAID was ‘key tool’ for Washington undermining the Venezuelan government, official review reveals|url=https://www.rt.com/op-ed/523110-usaid-venezuela-undermine-government/|newspaper=[[RT]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005232844/https://www.rt.com/op-ed/523110-usaid-venezuela-undermine-government/|archive-date=2021-10-05|retrieved=}}</ref> USAID operates in 100 countries and has an annual budget of nearly $30 billion.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Amanda Yee|newspaper=[[Liberation News]]|title=USAID: The humanitarian face of colonial exploitation|date=2023-02-15|url=https://www.liberationnews.org/usaid-the-humanitarian-face-of-colonial-exploitation/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215183741/https://www.liberationnews.org/usaid-the-humanitarian-face-of-colonial-exploitation/|archive-date=2023-02-15|retrieved=2023-02-16}}</ref> | |
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| [[John F. Kennedy]] founded USAID in 1961, and it initially worked to benefit foreign businesses. In the early 2000s, it began working directly with U.S. corporations including [[Microsoft Corporation|Microsoft]] and [[Coca-Cola]].<ref name=":0" />
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