Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 5:49 p.m. No.13809631   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9725 >>9733 >>9767 >>9783 >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Canada – Suspend Elections During Pandemics = Trudeau for Life?

 

” in the opinion of the House, holding an election during a pandemic would be irresponsible, and that it is the responsibility of the government to make every effort to ensure that voters are not called to the polls as long as this pandemic continues.”

 

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/canada-suspend-elections-during-pandemics-trudeau-for-life/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 5:53 p.m. No.13809674   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9725 >>9783 >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Shocking: Massive Pedophile Ring Uncovered Throughout Schools In Mexico Doing Unthinkable Crimes To Children

 

Investigators reported on Monday that a massive pedophile ring had been discovered throughout a significant number of schools in Mexico.

 

A children’s rights organization discovered a worrying pattern at over 18 schools where numerous teachers conspired to rape children aged three to seven.

 

In one example, 11 individuals assaulted 49 children aged 3 to 5 by injecting water-filled syringes into their physical orifices at a pre-school.

 

The “11 offenders are accused of committing the abuse in a coordinated fashion,” according to the report by the civic group Center for The Defense of Children’s Rights.

 

Children were forced to watch adults performing sexual acts or touch or abuse other kids.

 

Republicworld.com reports: “The cases identified are notably different from the unfortunately numerous cases of child sexual abuse committed by individual teachers against one or more students,” the report states. “These cases demonstrate patterns of criminal behavior characterized by organized aggressions committed by multiple adults perpetrated in mass scale within the premises of a given school.”

 

“Evidently this situation raises questions as to how these perpetrators came to work in the same school? How were they assigned to this post and by whom? How did their coordinated action come to be? Did they arrive to this post knowing each other or did their coordination arise once working in the school?” the report asks.

 

“We have identified patterns of criminal behavior that raise the possibility that numerous primary and pre-school facilities have been coopted and used to commit on-line child sexual abuse,” the report states.

 

Asked about the report, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged Monday to provide an accounting of how the government is combating such cases.

 

“A lot of work is being done, all these reprehensible, appalling acts that involve the abuse of children are being combated, it is an ongoing activity,” López Obrador saying he would instruct the appropriate authorities to report on “how children, the most vulnerable segment of the population are being protected from these attacks.”

 

Some of the cases in which the Center’s lawyers have participated have resulted in convictions of abusers. For example, in one 2011 case, six school employees were convicted and received lengthy prison sentences.

 

https://en-volve.com/2021/06/01/shocking-massive-pedophile-ring-uncovered-throughout-schools-in-mexico-doing-unthinkable-crimes-to-children/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 5:55 p.m. No.13809682   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9707

The 2020 Election Fraud Continues

 

Everyone should be concerned about election fraud. In Georgia, 950 military ballots went 100% for Biden and came back in sequential order which is simply impossible. In addition, there appear to be as many as 30,000 fake ballots that were counted in 2020. In total, 97% of all of these ballots went to Democrats. While it is unlikely that this will ever overturn Biden as President, it does raise the possibility that Georgia could de-certify the 2020 election which could change things more than just the President.

 

What is at stake here is that we all should demand a full investigation for otherwise, the Republicans can play the same gain in 2022. This means there will never again be any confidence in any election process ever again.

 

We have to stop this nonsense that there is no evidence of fraud and Trump was just a sore loser. In EVERY election there is fraud. What is the point of an election if it can be highjacked by clever politicians?

 

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/the-2020-election-fraud-continues/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 5:57 p.m. No.13809710   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9718 >>9731 >>9860

https://twitter.com/NYScanner/status/1399882567457853443

 

URGENT: NYPD says this man drove up to 5 & 7-year-old kids and offered them candy to get into his car. Incident happened near Shore Blvd & Norfolk St in Brooklyn

 

PLEASE SHARE!

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6 p.m. No.13809721   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9725 >>9783 >>9984 >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Biden Waives FBI Background Checks For Caregivers At Child Migrant Facilities

 

The Biden administration has scrapped FBI background checks for caregivers at its overpacked child migrant shelters (or as AOC no longer calls them, 'concentration camps'), alarming child welfare experts who say this compromises safety, according to the Chicago Tribune.

 

The move comes as Biden turns to "tent camps, convention centers and other huge facilities" which are operated by private contractors paid by the Department of Health and Human Services. In March, the administration announced that it would open eight new emergency sites across the Southwest, which will add 15,000 new beds - doubling capacity.

 

In order to deal with the flood of migrant children, the US government has lowered the bar required to watch them.

 

These emergency sites don’t have to be licensed by state authorities or provide the same services as permanent HHS facilities. They also cost far more, an estimated $775 per child per day.

 

And to staff the sites quickly, the Biden administration has waived vetting procedures intended to protect minors from potential harm.

 

Staff and volunteers directly caring for children at new emergency sites don’t have to undergo FBI fingerprint checks, which use criminal databases not accessible to the public and can overcome someone changing their name or using a false identity. -Chicago Tribune

 

As NPR reported last month, there is little oversight at the mass shelters holding tens of thousands of migrant children, while "Some of the facilities holding children these days are run by contractors already facing lawsuits claiming that children were physically and sexually abused in their shelters under the Trump administration, while others are new companies with little or no experience working with migrant children. Collectively, the emergency facilities can accommodate nearly 18,000 children, according to data the agency provided earlier this month."

 

In April, Tex. Gov. Greg Abbott called for the Biden administration to close a San Antonio facility for migrant children following allegations of sexual assault.

 

"In short, this facility is a health and safety nightmare," said Abbott.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-waives-fbi-background-checks-caregivers-child-migrant-facilities

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:01 p.m. No.13809727   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9732 >>9736 >>9739 >>9783 >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0592 >>0610

West Virginia to give away guns and trucks in COVID-19 'vaccination incentive lottery'

 

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) has joined the ranks of governors who are incentivizing people to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by conducting a lottery where only inoculated residents may participate.

 

POLL: What scares you the most?

 

But the state is setting itself apart by offering an array of prizes beyond cash, including firearms and trucks.

What are the details?

 

Gov. Justice announced during a media briefing that the lottery will launch on the state's upcoming 158th birthday on June 20, where a handful of West Virginians will become millionaires, and other winners will receive getaways to West Virginia state parks, customized pick-up trucks, lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, and even custom rifles and shotguns. The drawings will go through Aug. 4.

 

The Republican noted that to become eligible, residents must have at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Additionally, all West Virginians ages 16-35 who have been fully vaccinated may register to receive either $100 savings bond or $100 gift card. Students ages 12 to 25 will also be eligible to win one of two full, four-year scholarships for any institution in the state, The Hill reported.

 

"There are going to be so many wonderful prizes that you can win, it will blow you away," Gov. Justice said. "We are going to make a few West Virginians millionaires before this is over. Some people will win trucks and scholarships and on and on, but we've got to get you vaccinated first."

 

"Not only are a bunch of people going to win all kinds of great stuff, but, by getting vaccinated, it'll protect your life and it'll protect your family and friends all around you," he went on to say, adding, "Save a life; change your life."

 

Justice also brought his beloved bulldog, Babydog, into his conference last week to urge West Virginians to get the COVID-19 shots. "If you won't do it for me, if you won't do it for your family, you've got to get vaccinated for Babydog," the governor said. "She wants you vaccinated so badly."

 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/west-virginia-to-give-away-guns-and-trucks-in-covid-19-vaccination-incentive-lottery

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:01 p.m. No.13809729   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9770 >>9783 >>9871 >>9878 >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Rapper Diddy Partners With Salesforce to Launch Digital Marketplace for Black-Owned Businesses

 

Harlemite Sean “Diddy” Combs has announced his enterprise’s partnership with cloud-based data company Salesforce to build Shop Circulate, a digital marketplace geared towards promoting Black-owned businesses, across categories that include beauty, fashion, art, health, wellness and home.

 

“Building Black wealth starts with investing in black-owned businesses and giving entrepreneurs access to the consumers needed to build sustainable companies that can thrive,” said Combs, who serves as chairman of Combs Enterprises, in a statement on Revolt TV.

 

“I’m excited to partner with Salesforce to create a platform that will advance our collective pursuit of economic justice.”

 

Shop Circulate plans to invest in the rapidly growing digital community whose main goal is to connect consumers with black-owned businesses and brands, such as those associated with both the Nile List and the Official Black Wall Street, two black-owned digital data platforms that host various businesses run by black entrepreneurs.

 

The Nile List founder Khadijah Robinson, who practices law in international trade, has been appointed Head of Product, where she will oversee the development of all Shop Circulate global efforts.

 

So, I have news. @theNileList has been acquired and I am joining @ShopCirculate as the head of product to lead the charge of revolutionizing Black commerce alongside my new partner and boss @Diddy.

 

Let's get it!!https://t.co/Ml2ShqkujF

— Khadijah A. Robinson (@dijadontneedya) June 1, 2021

 

​The digital marketplace will be designed and built by 5G, AI and cognitive tech giant Deloitte Digital and powered by eCommerce platform Marketplacer's technology.

 

Sean Combs, @Salesforce @deloitte, and @marketplacer_ have teamed up to launch @ShopCirculate, a digital marketplace for black-owned businesses that allows consumers to discover and buy products exclusively created and sold by black entrepreneurs.

 

More: https://t.co/yBi7gY6LmW pic.twitter.com/wUNLtoPLWI

— Salesforce (@salesforce) June 1, 2021

 

​“As the largest professional services organization in the world, we have a responsibility to help level the playing field and advance opportunities for the Black community in business,” Deloitte Global CEO Punit Renjen said in the statement.

 

Deloitte is one business that has advanced in making the technological shift to stay-at-home orders during the worst of the pandemic, which forced citizens around the world to shift to online-based lifestyles. These include virtual-monitoring care for COVID-19 patients in India, which has faced a recent surge in cases.

 

As the world moves towards a life forever altered by the pandemic, the nation has also pushed for a world aimed at building more economic benefits for black and brown communities. Earlier this year Combs wrote an open letter blasting US businesses for the continued exploitation of black and brown communities, pushing a stance of acknowledging the value of black consumers and businesses.

 

“Marketplaces are a great leveler in bringing together businesses of all sizes into a single venue to drive opportunity and growth. It’s our goal that our partnership with Shop Circulate will bring our powerful marketplace platform to the Black and brown-owned businesses and entrepreneurs as a vehicle to drive change, growth and success,” Marketplacer executive chairman Jason Wyatt said in the Tuesday announcement.

 

The announcement of the launch follows the 100th anniversary of the burning of “Black Wall Street,” a district of black-owned businesses based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Shop Circulate is set to launch later this year.

 

https://sputniknews.com/business/202106011083053200-rapper-diddy-partners-with-salesforce-to-launch-digital-marketplace-for-black-owned-businesses/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:04 p.m. No.13809743   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9783 >>9913 >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0374 >>0484 >>0610

Texas Governor Declares State of Emergency

 

Governor Greg Abbott today issued a disaster declaration along Texas’ southern border in response to the border crisis, providing more resources and strategies to combat the ongoing influx of unlawful immigrants. The Governor is authorizing the use of all necessary and available state and local resources to protect landowners in these counties from trespassers and the damage they cause to private property. The Governor has also directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to enforce all federal and state criminal laws, including criminal trespassing, smuggling, and human trafficking. The Governor directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to take all necessary steps to discontinue state licensure of any child care facility under a contract with the federal government that shelters or detains unlawful immigrants.

 

Additionally, the Governor directed the Texas Commission on Jail Standards and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to work with Texas counties to provide appropriate guidance and request any necessary waivers in order to give counties the flexibility needed to establish adequate alternative detention facilities or otherwise add or expand capacity. The Governor also directed these agencies to streamline procedures for licensing and transfers, and to address any staffing issues that may arise in expanding capacity.

 

“President Biden’s open-border policies have paved the way for dangerous gangs and cartels, human traffickers, and deadly drugs like fentanyl to pour into our communities,” said Governor Abbott. “Meanwhile, landowners along the border are seeing their property damaged and vandalized on a daily basis while the Biden Administration does nothing to protect them. Texas continues to step up to confront the border crisis in the federal government’s absence, but more must be done. By declaring a state of disaster in these counties, Texas will have more resources and strategies at our disposal to protect landowners and enforce all federal and state laws to combat criminal activities stemming from the border crisis. Working together with local law enforcement, the state will continue to take robust and meaningful action to keep our communities safe.”

 

https://breaking911.com/breaking-texas-governor-declares-state-of-emergency/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:18 p.m. No.13809846   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9881 >>0050 >>0161 >>0180 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0564 >>0610

Joe Biden: ‘Terrorism from White Supremacy’ the ‘Most Lethal Threat to the Homeland’

 

 

President Joe Biden asserted Tuesday that terrorism from white supremacy was “the most lethal threat” facing the United States.

 

Biden spoke about the threat of white supremacy during a speech in Tulsa marking the 100th anniversary of the 1921 race massacre in the Greenwood neighborhood.

 

“According to the intelligence community, terrorism from white supremacy is the most lethal threat to the homeland today,” Biden said. “Not ISIS. Not Al Qaeda. White supremacists.”

 

Biden was likely referring to a statement from acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who told members of Congress that white supremacy was “the most persistent and lethal threat” to the United States in September 2020. In October 2020, DHS released a report showing that white supremacist extremism accounted for more fatal attacks than any other domestic violent extremist group since 2018.

 

Biden revisited the massacre of the black community in Tulsa to show the long history of white supremacists in the country — comparing it to the clash between the protesters in Charlottesville.

 

“What happened in Greenwood was an act of hate and domestic terrorism, with a through-line that exists today,” he said. “Just close your eyes and remember what you saw in Charlottesville four years ago on television.”

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/01/joe-biden-terrorism-from-white-supremacy-the-most-lethal-threat-to-the-homeland/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:21 p.m. No.13809877   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0050 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Bosnia Sends Ex Head of Tax Agency to Jail for Corruption

 

A court in Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced the former head of the country’s Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA BiH) to nine years for his role in a bribery scheme that, according to authorities, deprived the state budget of over US$1 billion over a five-year period.

 

Kemal Čaušević was found guilty last week of corruption and money laundering. The court ordered real estate worth at least 1.7 million convertible marks ($1.06 million) - the amount he was found to have received in bribes - to be confiscated.

 

As ITA BiH first director, serving from 2005 to 2011, Čaušević conspired with some of the importers of large quantities of textile from Turkey, China and Hungary and promised them “preferential treatment during the import for their companies,” according to his 2017 indictment.

 

Preferential treatment meant reduced amounts subject to customs clearance, avoiding detailed inspections and accepting invoices for which he knew to contain inaccurate data. In return, Čaušević requested the importers to pay him 1,000 Bosnian convertible marks ($623) per truck.

 

After investigating the case for years, law enforcement agencies arrested 53 people, including Čaušević, in June 2014. Among the suspects were other employees of the ITA BiH and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Customs.

 

More than 300 officers were involved in the operation called Pandora. Čaušević’s successor, Miro Džakula, said back then that the country “lost more than $1 billion from 2006 to 2011 due to illegal actions by employees of ITA BiH.”

 

The owner of one of the companies involved in the scheme was sentenced to two years in prison for giving bribes while another is being processed.

 

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/14516-bosnia-sends-ex-head-of-tax-agency-to-jail-for-corruption

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:29 p.m. No.13809957   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0038

Nicola DELAYS Scotland's roadmap: Sturgeon heaps pressure on Boris by putting the brakes on Scottish unlocking as scientists demand he puts June 21 freedom day back a MONTH to contain Indian variant 'volcano'

 

Nicola Sturgeon has delayed Scotland's unlocking to 'err on the side of caution' heaping pressure on the PM

Boris Johnson is urged by scientists to delay decision on whether to fully lift lockdown in three weeks' time

British Medical Association warns UK is at 'pivotal moment' in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic

Scientists have urged the Prime Minister to stick to his word that he would be guided by 'data not dates'

Two-week targeted and enhanced testing programme for asymptomatic people begins in Canterbury, Kent

 

Nicola Sturgeon heaped pressure on Boris Johnson today by putting the brakes on Scotland's unlocking as scientists warned he will have to 'carry the can' for a 'bad decision' to press ahead with June 21 'freedom day'.

 

As the UK recorded no new deaths for the first time in 10 months, Ms Sturgeon told MSPs that vaccinations do appear to be 'weakening' the link between cases and serious illness, and she hoped that in future the virus can be dealt with in a 'less restrictive' way.

 

But she warned that we are 'still not quite there yet' and must 'err on the caution' until more of the population has had both jabs - saying that some areas of Scotland will not go down to the lowest level of restrictions next week as planned.

 

Ms Sturgeon insisted that a tentative approach now would mean there is more chance of 'staying' on the path to a full unlocking.

 

The intervention came as the PM was assailed by a queue of experts warning against the full unlocking - with Prof Adam Finn among those entreating him to recognise that the UK is still 'vulnerable' and the 'job is not done'.

 

Prof Ravi Gupta, a member of the government's Nervtag advisory panel, suggested the timetable should be pushed back 'at least a few weeks, probably a month' so more data are available and schools have started summer holidays.

 

The British Medical Association insisted the battle against the disease is at a 'pivotal moment' and Mr Johnson must stick to his promise of being guided by 'data not dates'. One consultant respiratory physician referred to 'mini Covid volcanoes' erupting at hospitals around the country, which are threatening to 'explode'.

 

However, others have said it is still too early to be sure what can happen, with the government not committed to making any final choices until June 14.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9639067/Coronavirus-UK-Scientists-demand-RETHINK-June-21-Freedom-Day.html

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:32 p.m. No.13809975   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0050 >>0130 >>0204 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Victoria's lockdown extended for at least another week as six new cases are recorded

 

The ABC understands Victoria's lockdown will be extended for at least another seven days after six new locally acquired coronavirus cases were recorded, taking the state's outbreak to 60.

Key points:

 

More than 51,000 test results were received on Tuesday, and 20,585 vaccine doses were administered

Authorities are expected to announce an extension to Victoria's lockdown

New South Wales is on alert after a case travelled into the state from Victoria last week

 

The positive cases were detected from 51,033 test results received on Tuesday, while 20,585 vaccination doses were administered at state-run vaccination sites.

 

The state's seven-day circuit breaker lockdown was due to end at 11:59pm Thursday, but will now run for at least another week.

 

Regional Victoria is still likely to have restrictions, but at a different level to Melbourne, depending on results coming in over the next 24 hours.

 

The government yesterday highlighted its concerns that the Kappa variant involved in the outbreak was more infectious than previous strains, with contact tracers identifying transmission occurring between strangers with what Victoria's COVID-19 response commander Jeroen Weimar called only "fleeting" contact.

 

Kimberley Prather, a distinguished professor in atmospheric chemistry at the University of California, said it was true that new variants, such as the Kappa variant spreading in Victoria, were "more transmissible".

 

"Which means that measures that you used before, you know how long you interact, the masks you wear, that worked before … may not be working so well now," she told ABC Radio Melbourne.

 

However, Professor Prather said some of the commentary from Mr Weimar was "a bit baffling".

 

"The commonality that is there now was there before, which is, all of those incidents that he described are people sharing the air indoors," she said.

 

"They kind of make it sound like, well they just passed by each other. But if they were inside, indoors with an infectious person, breathing the air, then that's how they're getting infected.

 

"This virus is airborne and you get infected by inhaling shared air. So every one of those cases that he described, that's clearly what's happening."

 

The ABC has spoken to the family of the woman who was believed to have caught coronavirus through "fleeting" transmission at a display home in Mickleham.

 

Her family says she returned a positive result last Friday, but she later got retested and returned a negative result this morning.

 

They say they were suspicious about the positive result because her visit to the display home exposure site was two days after the visit from a confirmed case.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-02/new-covid-cases-recorded-in-victoria-lockdown-decision/100183416

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 6:35 p.m. No.13810010   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0050 >>0053 >>0068 >>0204 >>0246 >>0283 >>0484 >>0610

Canada allows AstraZeneca vaccine recipients to get Pfizer or Moderna jab for second dose

 

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose can be offered either the Pfizer or Moderna jab for the second.

Key points:

 

The AstraZeneca vaccine has been linked to a rare but serious blood-clotting syndrome

 

Several European countries are giving Pfizer or Moderna as second doses to AstraZeneca recipients

 

NACI says there is emerging evidence that mixing and matching different types of vaccines is not only safe but may produce a better immune response

 

The advice affects more than 2 million Canadians who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine before provinces stopped using it for first doses last month.

 

The vaccine is potentially linked to a rare but serious blood-clotting syndrome.

 

In Canada, 41 confirmed or suspected cases of vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) have been diagnosed and five people have died.

 

Several European countries are giving Pfizer or Moderna as second doses to AstraZeneca recipients, including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Spain.

 

NACI's published report says AstraZeneca recipients can be offered the same vaccine if they want it or can be given

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-02/canada-approves-mix-match-astrazeneca-moderna-pfizer/100183778

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 7:03 p.m. No.13810319   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0385

Dr. McCullough Sounds the Alarm on Covid Jabs: All Covid-19 Vaccines Produce the Dangerous Wuhan Spike Protein

 

Dr. Peter A. McCullough sounded the alarm on the Covid-19 vaccines and explained how they all make the dangerous Wuhan spike protein.

 

Dr. McCullough is an Internist, Cardiologist, Epidemiologist and testified to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in November 2020.

 

“It’s alarming right now – we have had over 4400 deaths and 14,000 hospitalizations….That is probably only the tip of the iceberg,” Dr. McCullough said in an interview with Rose Unplugged on 1320 AM WJAS.

 

Dr. McCullough said people who have been infected with Covid-19 should not get the vaccine.

 

The doctor also said pregnant women, women of child-bearing years, children or healthy people under 50 should not get the Covid jab.

 

Dr. McCullough explained how all Covid-19 vaccines produce the dangerous Wuhan spike protein and what that does to a person’s body.

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/06/dr-mccullough-sounds-alarm-covid-jabs-covid-19-vaccines-produce-dangerous-wuhan-spike-protein-audio/

Anonymous ID: 582456 June 1, 2021, 7:13 p.m. No.13810405   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>0483 >>0484 >>0610

How USAID created Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista media apparatus, now under money laundering investigation

 

With tens of millions of dollars over years of work, CIA front USAID helped create and train Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista opposition. At the center of its operations is the elite Chamorro Foundation, which stands accused of money laundering.

 

The US government has spent years cultivating a ring of right-wing media outlets in Nicaragua that played a central role in a violent 2018 coup attempt. This network is now being investigated by the Nicaraguan government on allegations of money laundering.

 

The opposition publications are an integral part of a political opposition that Washington has carefully managed, trained, and funded with millions of dollars over the past decade. While relentlessly accusing Nicaragua’s leftist government of corruption, they have been suspiciously obscure with their own finances and record-keeping.

 

The institution at the heart of the US-backed influence network is called the Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro para la Reconciliación y la Democracia, or Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation for Reconciliation and Democracy – often referred to simply as the Chamorro Foundation.

 

Run by one of the richest and most powerful family dynasties in Nicaragua, the Chamorro Foundation is perhaps the most important domestic organization in coordinating the political opposition to the Central American nation’s socialist-oriented Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

 

The Chamorro Foundation is a central vehicle for Washington’s massive financial, technical, and logistical support to the Nicaraguan opposition, acting as what the CIA refers to as a “pass-through” – a third-party organization that serves as a seemingly independent channel for US government funding to foreign political groups and media outlets.

 

Since the Sandinistas came to power in 2007, the United States has funneled tens of millions of dollars to opposition groups in Nicaragua through its soft-power arm the US Agency for International Development (USAID), a CIA front that has long been used as “humanitarian” cover for operations to destabilize independent left-wing governments, especially in Latin America.

 

Internal reports from USAID show that the agency does much more than just fund anti-Sandinista political organizations, NGOs, and media outlets in Nicaragua; it births them, nurtures them, and trains them in every aspect of politicking, from electoral strategies and public relations to outreach and social media messaging, branding and marketing to organizing and building broad alliances, developing technology skills and navigating legal issues to managing finances and accounting.

 

This Grayzone investigation illustrates how USAID has helped to create Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista opposition from the ground up. The right-wing political forces that comprise it are anything but organic; they are the product of an enormous campaign of foreign meddling by US government interference at every single level of Nicaraguan society.

 

The US astroturfing has been especially effective in forming Nicaragua’s anti-Sandinista media apparatus. Publicly available records show that USAID has spent at least $10 million specifically on opposition media outlets in Nicaragua since 2009. Of that money, USAID sent more than $7 million to the Chamorro Foundation from 2014 to 2021.

 

Given that much of the information that USAID discloses about its support for the political opposition and media outlets in Nicaragua is redacted, these figures are likely conservative estimates.

 

Western European governments have supplemented Washington’s efforts in cultivating the anti-Sandinista opposition, with a special emphasis on the press.

 

European Union member states have handed out millions to the Chamorro Foundation, using the influential opposition group to fund right-wing news outlets. In 2020 alone, the foundation received €831,527 (more than $1 million USD) from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), an arm of Madrid’s soft power that is modeled after USAID.

 

The Western funding has been bolstered with millions of dollars from Washington’s National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – another CIA front that exists to push regime change across the globe. Between 2016 and 2019, the NED provided at least $4.4 million to Nicaraguan opposition groups, including media organizations, according to public records – although this is likely an underestimate as well.

 

More

https://thegrayzone.com/2021/06/01/cia-usaid-nicaragua-right-wing-media/