USAID planned to invest $ 268 million in world journalism

The information is from the International Non -Governmental Organization Reporters Without Borders (RFS). In an official statement, RSF pointed out that financial aid “enables free journalism in countries with political repression” and that blockade can generate “confusion and uncertainties” as to the work performed by “vehicles and entities that depend on state money from the United States ”.

The RSF also confirmed that the decision of the US government will influence the routine of “international NGOs that support independent media.” “Reporters without borders are appealing to international public and private funders to commit to the sustainability of the independent media,” said Clayton Weimers, the executive director of the US RSF.

According to a 2023 USAID informative file, the agency funded training and support for over 6,000 journalists from 707 non -state news vehicles in 30 countries. Foreign aid in 2025 would be to support “independent media and free information flow.”

Usaid was created in 1961 in John Kennedy’s government to unify assistance in various United States programs and support with the international community.

From 1980, the organization began to work in programs linked to human rights, environment and minorities, thus being supported and respected by the political left, in countries such as Brazil, and by the militancy of the Democratic Party, USA.