Donald Trump orders the dismantling of seven agencies, including the voice of America

In addition to the Voice of Americathe Global Media Agency finances Radio Europa Libre/Radio Libertad and Radio Libre Asia.

The organization has an approximate budget of 270 million dollars, has more than 2,000 employees, issues in 49 languages ​​and has an estimated weekly audience of more than 361 million people, according to The New York Times.

Nevertheless, Trump He has been very critical of this agency since his first term (2017-2021).

The other agencies to which Trump He attacked Friday: the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, which focuses on preventing and resolving labor conflicts; The International Center for Academics Woodrow Wilson; the Institute of Museum and Libraries Services; The Interinstitutional Council of Of.u. for homeless people; the Financial Institutions Fund for the Community Development; and the Minority Business Development Agency.

In the executive order, the president ordered the directors of the agencies to eliminate all the functions that are not legally established and reduce “The performance of its statutory functions and the personnel associated with the minimum required by law”.

“This order continues to reduce the elements of the federal bureaucracy that the president has determined that they are unnecessary”notes the order, published late on Friday.