The Trump administration The USAID International Cooperation Agency has definitively closed this Friday. It has been dismantled by the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) of Elon Musk. The State Department has formally notified the Congress the effective dissolution of the United States Agency for International Development and the transfer of some of its functions to the aforementioned department. The reorganization will be carried out before July 1, according to the State Department.
The Trump Administration has accused Usaid to embezzle taxpayers’ money and finance programs abroad that do not respond to the interests of the United States. Current and previous employees of USAID and experts in help have refuted that the agency, although imperfect, satisfies vital humanitarian needs and reinforces the soft power of the United States.
The agency will be called the United States Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance and would be under the control of the State Department to help improve national security and counteract adversaries such as China. USAID had worked For years as an independent agency with its own administrator.
The Secretary of State Marco Rubio, appointed acting administrator of the agency, has already informed the legislators of Congress in early February their intention to reorganize USAID.
The new proposed structure aims to project American soft power and reinforce national security, focusing on counteracting competitors such as China.
What will be eliminated?
- HE They will close USAID officesincluding those of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
- In addition, all programs for minorities will be eliminated, such as subsidy to plays with the theme LGTBIQ+ in Colombia and other countries in Latin America and Africa.
- The programs with political orientation, including the promotion of democracy, the empowerment of women, religious freedom and the fight against human trafficking, will move to other sections of the State Department.
