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The '''National Endowment for Democracy''' ('''NED''') is a [[US]] government agency that was founded in 1983 with the stated goal of promoting democracy abroad.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Lowe|first=David|date=|title=History - Idea to Reality: NED at 30|url=http://www.ned.org/about/history|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=National Endowment for Democracy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Richmond|first=Yale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OL8ujZrl89YC&pg=PA161|title=Practicing Public Diplomacy: A Cold War Odyssey|date=|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0-85745-013-5|location=|pages=161|language=en|quote="NED was founded at the initiative of a small group of Washington insiders, who believed that the United States needed a "quango" (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization) to promote democracy and counter communist influence abroad..."}}</ref><ref name=kitigawa>{{Cite journal|last=Otsuru-Kitagawa|first=Chieko|date=1998|title=The Role of QUANGO in American Democratic Assistance|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kokusaiseiji1957/1998/119/1998_119_127/_article|journal=International Relations|volume=|issue=119|pages=127-141|eissn=1883-9916|via=}}</ref> In practice, it tries to stifle socialism and movements opposed to US [[imperialism]] abroad. It was created by Congress in 1983 on condition that the [[CIA]] not be involved in it, but at the last minute the CIA director, William Casey, changed the bill to allow such.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200611114824/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/29/us/project-democracy-takes-wing.html PROJECT DEMOCRACY TAKES WING]</ref> Allen Weinstein, who helped draft the legislation establishing the NED, declared in 1991: “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA.”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200723111655/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/09/22/innocence-abroad-the-new-world-of-spyless-coups/92bb989a-de6e-4bb8-99b9-462c76b59a16/ INNOCENCE ABROAD: THE NEW WORLD OF SPYLESS COUPS]</ref>
The '''National Endowment for Democracy''' ('''NED''') is a [[US]] government agency that was founded in 1983 with the stated goal of promoting democracy abroad.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Lowe|first=David|date=|title=History - Idea to Reality: NED at 30|url=http://www.ned.org/about/history|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=National Endowment for Democracy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Richmond|first=Yale|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OL8ujZrl89YC&pg=PA161|title=Practicing Public Diplomacy: A Cold War Odyssey|date=|publisher=Berghahn Books|year=2008|isbn=978-0-85745-013-5|location=|pages=161|language=en|quote="NED was founded at the initiative of a small group of Washington insiders, who believed that the United States needed a "quango" (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization) to promote democracy and counter communist influence abroad..."}}</ref><ref name=kitigawa>{{Cite journal|last=Otsuru-Kitagawa|first=Chieko|date=1998|title=The Role of QUANGO in American Democratic Assistance|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kokusaiseiji1957/1998/119/1998_119_127/_article|journal=International Relations|volume=|issue=119|pages=127–141|eissn=1883-9916|via=}}</ref> In practice, it tries to stifle socialism and movements opposed to US [[imperialism]] abroad. It was created by Congress in 1983 on condition that the [[CIA]] not be involved in it, but at the last minute the CIA director, William Casey, changed the bill to allow such.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200611114824/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/29/us/project-democracy-takes-wing.html PROJECT DEMOCRACY TAKES WING]</ref> Allen Weinstein, who helped draft the legislation establishing the NED, declared in 1991: “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA.”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200723111655/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1991/09/22/innocence-abroad-the-new-world-of-spyless-coups/92bb989a-de6e-4bb8-99b9-462c76b59a16/ INNOCENCE ABROAD: THE NEW WORLD OF SPYLESS COUPS]</ref>


To start, the NED funded the PRODEMCA (Project for Democracy in Central America), a group which supported the right-wing rebel group [[Contras]] against the socialist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191116141444/https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=YNX3GBda5cMC&lpg=PA115&ots=X_5BtU1SB-&dq=ned%20prodemca&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q=ned%20prodemca&f=false ''Human Rights in Nicaragua: 1985-1986'', by Aryeh Neier, Jemera Rone, Juan E. Méndez, page 155]</ref> In 1989, it has given further financial support to opponents of the Sandinistas.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200208171133/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-14-mn-251-story.html U.S. Fund Gives $433,000 to Opponents of Costa Rica Leader’s Policies]</ref> The NED also mounted a multi-level campaign to fight the leftist insurgency in the Philippines in the mid-1980s, funding a host of private organizations, including unions and the media.<ref>San Francisco Examiner, July 21, 1985, p.1</ref> At the beginning of the 2000s, the NED supported opposition groups against Hugo Chávez that led to a failed coup in Venezuela in 2002.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170314110808/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/international/americas/us-bankrolling-is-under-scrutiny-for-ties-to-chvez.html U.S. Bankrolling Is Under Scrutiny for Ties to Chávez Ouster]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200305164202/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/our-gang-venezuela/ Our Gang in Venezuela?]</ref> The organization was also very active in Ukraine in the lead-up to the overthrow of its government in 2013.<ref>[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault]</ref>
To start, the NED funded the PRODEMCA (Project for Democracy in Central America), a group which supported the right-wing rebel group [[Contras]] against the socialist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191116141444/https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=YNX3GBda5cMC&lpg=PA115&ots=X_5BtU1SB-&dq=ned%20prodemca&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q=ned%20prodemca&f=false ''Human Rights in Nicaragua: 1985-1986'', by Aryeh Neier, Jemera Rone, Juan E. Méndez, page 155]</ref> In 1989, it has given further financial support to opponents of the Sandinistas.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200208171133/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-14-mn-251-story.html U.S. Fund Gives $433,000 to Opponents of Costa Rica Leader’s Policies]</ref> The NED also mounted a multi-level campaign to fight the leftist insurgency in the Philippines in the mid-1980s, funding a host of private organizations, including unions and the media.<ref>San Francisco Examiner, July 21, 1985, p.1</ref> At the beginning of the 2000s, the NED supported opposition groups against Hugo Chávez that led to a failed coup in Venezuela in 2002.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170314110808/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/25/international/americas/us-bankrolling-is-under-scrutiny-for-ties-to-chvez.html U.S. Bankrolling Is Under Scrutiny for Ties to Chávez Ouster]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200305164202/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/our-gang-venezuela/ Our Gang in Venezuela?]</ref> The organization was also very active in Ukraine in the lead-up to the overthrow of its government in 2013.<ref>[https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2014-08-18/why-ukraine-crisis-west-s-fault Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault]</ref>
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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a US government agency that was founded in 1983 with the stated goal of promoting democracy abroad.[1][2][3] In practice, it tries to stifle socialism and movements opposed to US imperialism abroad. It was created by Congress in 1983 on condition that the CIA not be involved in it, but at the last minute the CIA director, William Casey, changed the bill to allow such.[4] Allen Weinstein, who helped draft the legislation establishing the NED, declared in 1991: “A lot of what we do today was done covertly 25 years ago by the CIA.”[5]

To start, the NED funded the PRODEMCA (Project for Democracy in Central America), a group which supported the right-wing rebel group Contras against the socialist Sandinista government in Nicaragua.[6] In 1989, it has given further financial support to opponents of the Sandinistas.[7] The NED also mounted a multi-level campaign to fight the leftist insurgency in the Philippines in the mid-1980s, funding a host of private organizations, including unions and the media.[8] At the beginning of the 2000s, the NED supported opposition groups against Hugo Chávez that led to a failed coup in Venezuela in 2002.[9][10] The organization was also very active in Ukraine in the lead-up to the overthrow of its government in 2013.[11]

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References

  1. ↑ Lowe, David. "History - Idea to Reality: NED at 30". National Endowment for Democracy.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Richmond, Yale (2008). Practicing Public Diplomacy: A Cold War Odyssey. Berghahn Books. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-85745-013-5. NED was founded at the initiative of a small group of Washington insiders, who believed that the United States needed a "quango" (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization) to promote democracy and counter communist influence abroad...
  3. ↑ Otsuru-Kitagawa, Chieko (1998). "The Role of QUANGO in American Democratic Assistance". International Relations (119): 127–141. eISSN 1883-9916.
  4. ↑ PROJECT DEMOCRACY TAKES WING
  5. ↑ INNOCENCE ABROAD: THE NEW WORLD OF SPYLESS COUPS
  6. ↑ Human Rights in Nicaragua: 1985-1986, by Aryeh Neier, Jemera Rone, Juan E. Méndez, page 155
  7. ↑ U.S. Fund Gives $433,000 to Opponents of Costa Rica Leader’s Policies
  8. ↑ San Francisco Examiner, July 21, 1985, p.1
  9. ↑ U.S. Bankrolling Is Under Scrutiny for Ties to Chávez Ouster
  10. ↑ Our Gang in Venezuela?
  11. ↑ Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
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