Nan McCurdy, March 2nd 2022
Graphic from Radio La Primerísima
The main objective of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is to finance the continuation of a malicious disinformation campaign in Nicaragua to make people believe that the country is living an alternate reality to the one known by its own citizens, by allocating US$1,652 million for a group of information mercenaries and self-styled "defenders of human rights and democracy" based in Costa Rica, to continue lying about government authorities and each of their policies for the benefit of the people.
There are three objectives: to unite the "tranqueros" [those involved in the 2018 coup attempt] living in Costa Rica and to convert their organizational results into an instrument of lobbying and shock forces.
To contextualize about the NED, this is a US organization founded in 1983 by Congressional initiative to finance projects that promote "democracy" in the world, and as indicated on its website, each year makes more than 1,000 "donations" to support the "projects" of non-governmental groups abroad that are at the service of "democratic objectives" in more than 90 countries. But it is really an instrument of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). For that reason, this US government organization disbursed this money to carry out between March and May 2022 a media campaign, with main emphasis on social networks, about alleged "human rights violations and promoting the right to free and fair elections," a rhetoric they bring since 2018, when they directly participated in the failed coup against the government of President Ortega.
It also aims to recruit young people and women to hinder the municipal electoral process scheduled for November 2022, infiltrate the participating political parties and delegitimize the results. Likewise to strengthen its network of hitmen dedicated to the creation of "Fake News", which is headed by Carlos Fernando Chamorro, of Confidencial.
According to the organization's website, in Nicaragua its intention is to carry out 8 programs and work in 24 areas. For this, NED chose the following people: Luciano Rafael Garcia, Cindi Regidor, Alvaro Navarro, Roberto Courtney, Aminta Ramirez Jennifer Ortiz, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Wilfredo Miranda, Gerall Chavez, Elvira Auxiliadora Cuadra, Pedro Javier Molina, Lucía Pineda, Roberto Danilo Samcam, Juan Carlos Ampié, Luis Galeano, Álvaro Leiva, Willih Francisco Narváez, Álvaro Navarro, David Quintana and Javier Meléndez.
See funding details here from Radio La Primerisima of February 28th 2022