Mike Benz
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It's all about how, you know, we have all this money that goes to Colombia and to Peru and to Bolivia to stop the cocaine, to stop drug trafficking in the, you know, Colombia's number one, Peru's number two, biggest coca leave, you know, cultivation in the world. It goes on to say, we spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year to cocaine is going to flourish.
It's all about how, you know, we have all this money that goes to Colombia and to Peru and to Bolivia to stop the cocaine, to stop drug trafficking in the, you know, Colombia's number one, Peru's number two, biggest coca leave, you know, cultivation in the world. It goes on to say, we spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year to cocaine is going to flourish.
Then they, they have a statement that they include because they reached out to the president of Columbia. President Columbia says, we're thrilled that USAID is gone. They, you know, they, they, they made the problem worse. Then they, they, they go to Peru and the number two called, you know, Coke, Coke, sorry, coca leaf cultivator.
Then they, they have a statement that they include because they reached out to the president of Columbia. President Columbia says, we're thrilled that USAID is gone. They, you know, they, they, they made the problem worse. Then they, they, they go to Peru and the number two called, you know, Coke, Coke, sorry, coca leaf cultivator.
Then they, they have a statement that they include because they reached out to the president of Columbia. President Columbia says, we're thrilled that USAID is gone. They, you know, they, they, they made the problem worse. Then they, they, they go to Peru and the number two called, you know, Coke, Coke, sorry, coca leaf cultivator.
And they said the Peruvian government refused to comment, but we talked to the former head of the National Commission on Narcotics Prevention, the former head of the part of the Peruvian government that handles this. And he said, thank God the USAID programs on combating cocaine here are gone. They were the primary problem in this whole thing. Actually, the... And he gives an example.
And they said the Peruvian government refused to comment, but we talked to the former head of the National Commission on Narcotics Prevention, the former head of the part of the Peruvian government that handles this. And he said, thank God the USAID programs on combating cocaine here are gone. They were the primary problem in this whole thing. Actually, the... And he gives an example.
And they said the Peruvian government refused to comment, but we talked to the former head of the National Commission on Narcotics Prevention, the former head of the part of the Peruvian government that handles this. And he said, thank God the USAID programs on combating cocaine here are gone. They were the primary problem in this whole thing. Actually, the... And he gives an example.
He says, actually, not only did none of the money actually ever reach the groups, but they only slowed down action that the Peruvian government tried to do. When the Peruvian government tried to do something to stop cocaine, USAID would step in and they would delay things. They would drag things. It's almost like they want the cocaine. And then he gives the example of these.
He says, actually, not only did none of the money actually ever reach the groups, but they only slowed down action that the Peruvian government tried to do. When the Peruvian government tried to do something to stop cocaine, USAID would step in and they would delay things. They would drag things. It's almost like they want the cocaine. And then he gives the example of these.
He says, actually, not only did none of the money actually ever reach the groups, but they only slowed down action that the Peruvian government tried to do. When the Peruvian government tried to do something to stop cocaine, USAID would step in and they would delay things. They would drag things. It's almost like they want the cocaine. And then he gives the example of these.
He says, and in Bolivia, right next door. Bolivia banned USAID in 2013, and they drastically reduced the cocaine trafficking because there was no USAID cocaine program keeping the cocaine flowing. And so anyway, but what I'm saying is this is all done through these programs. You know, these State Department bureaus, which are now being reorganized.
He says, and in Bolivia, right next door. Bolivia banned USAID in 2013, and they drastically reduced the cocaine trafficking because there was no USAID cocaine program keeping the cocaine flowing. And so anyway, but what I'm saying is this is all done through these programs. You know, these State Department bureaus, which are now being reorganized.
He says, and in Bolivia, right next door. Bolivia banned USAID in 2013, and they drastically reduced the cocaine trafficking because there was no USAID cocaine program keeping the cocaine flowing. And so anyway, but what I'm saying is this is all done through these programs. You know, these State Department bureaus, which are now being reorganized.
So at the executive branch level, I would say there's huge wins at the National Science Foundation, which is a major, you know, NGO and university sponsor for this. A couple of big misses, though. how the National Endowment for Democracy remains fully funded.
So at the executive branch level, I would say there's huge wins at the National Science Foundation, which is a major, you know, NGO and university sponsor for this. A couple of big misses, though. how the National Endowment for Democracy remains fully funded.
So at the executive branch level, I would say there's huge wins at the National Science Foundation, which is a major, you know, NGO and university sponsor for this. A couple of big misses, though. how the National Endowment for Democracy remains fully funded.
They were talking a big talk, the Trump administration, about defunding the National Endowment for Democracy, which I would say is one of, if not the worst of the worst offender in this entire space, especially with Damon Wilson at the helm, who came straight from the Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Research Lab, which was the censorship super center of the Western world.
They were talking a big talk, the Trump administration, about defunding the National Endowment for Democracy, which I would say is one of, if not the worst of the worst offender in this entire space, especially with Damon Wilson at the helm, who came straight from the Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Research Lab, which was the censorship super center of the Western world.
They were talking a big talk, the Trump administration, about defunding the National Endowment for Democracy, which I would say is one of, if not the worst of the worst offender in this entire space, especially with Damon Wilson at the helm, who came straight from the Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Research Lab, which was the censorship super center of the Western world.