[NYTr] Bolivia Thwarts Foreign Payoffs

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Bolivia Thwarts Foreign Payoffs

La Paz, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian government announced
through a decree Thursday that moneys from international cooperation
will be strictly controlled by the State.

According to Presidential Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, resources
destined to the public or private sector must respond to the current
legislation and the National Development Plan.

The rule also makes registering donations obligatory to people or
private entities from multilateral financial organizations, cooperation
agencies, government and non-governmental organizations, he stated.

Donations or their monetary equivalent must be included in
institutional budgets and at the Nation's General Budget as well as
goods donated or purchased as a result of those sendings, Quintana
noted.

The new legislation also prohibits the reception of donations in cash
or kind that impedes any political or ideological influence.

The decree also establishes that public entities managing donation
resources cannot contract third companies for their management.

The government denounced the US Agency for International Development
(USAID) in August for using funds in Bolivia with political aims and
with no state control.

The virtual prime minister also mentioned institutions and names of
peoples to which USAID has delivered considerable sums of money for
consultancies, which are aimed at interfering the process of change
people demand.

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