AP EXCLUSIVE: USAID's days counted in Ecuador

[Judi Lynn]

AP EXCLUSIVE: USAID's days counted in Ecuador
By GONZALO SOLANO, Associated Press | May 9, 2014 | Updated: May 9, 2014 6:35pm

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's government has told the U.S. Agency for International Development that it will not renew its agreements with the South American country, according a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

The Nov. 26 letter sent to the U.S. Embassy in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito says, the "USAID must not execute any new activity," nor widen any existing projects in Ecuador.

Gabriela Rosero of Ecuador's international cooperation agency, who signed the letter addressed to USAID program officer Christopher M. Cushing, said in a subsequent interview with the AP that the U.S. government aid organization must leave by Sept. 30. "The decision has been made," she said.

President Rafael Correa suggested in December that the USAID's programs were no longer welcome in Ecuador, saying on one of his regular Saturday programs on television and radio that "we don't need charity."

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[Paolo123]

1. There's some good news.

It is too bad really. The people of the United States don't mind helping others around the world, and MOST US AID workers are good people trying to do a good job. However the US Government insists on using USAID as a vehicle for underhanded behavior.