[NYTr] US Accused of Paying Journalists to Destabilize Bolivia
 
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:59:32 -0500 (CDT)


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Granma Daily - Sep 4, 2007
http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art22.html

US Accused of Paying Journalists to Destabilize Bolivia

LA PAZ, September 3.b Bolivian Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramon
Quintana accused the United States Monday of paying reporters and
columnists to create conflicts in an effort to destabilize the
democratic process, according to an AFP news service report citing the
local media.

Quintana said the money paid to the journalists comes from the US
Agency for International Development (US-AID).

"US-AID has a program that pays reporters, columnists and consultants
to create conflictive scenarios. Itbs via this program that they
destabilize democracy," said the official.

"We still havenbt divulged this open secret, were investigating [b&], we
are going to identify those who are receiving this money that today is
part of the destabilization apparatus," said Quintana.

Last week, Quintana said the $120 to 140 million US a year in US
economic assistance via US-AID "is not transparent but discretional and
constitutes interference." 

 
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