USAID steers El Salvador funding away from state
‘DEEP CONCERNS’:
Funding would be diverted from the Attorney General’s Office and the police to civil society groups and human rights organizations, USAID said
AP, SAN SALVADOR
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) would redirect its funding from El Salvador’s state institutions to its civil society groups as tensions rise between the two governments over the Central American country’s removal of Salvadoran Supreme Court justices and the attorney general.
USAID Administrator Samantha Power said in a statement on Friday that the agency has “deep concerns” about the shakeup in the justice system earlier this month and more generally about transparency and accountability.