The government's Department of Efficiency announced Tuesday that it had cut the Inter-American Foundation to one staff member, cutting $4.3 million in wasteful grants from government agencies.
According to Doge's website, the department is already saving American taxpayers $100 billioncites “a combination of asset sales, cancellation and renegotiation of contracts/leases, removal of fraud and inappropriate payments, cancellation of grants, interest savings, program changes, regulations savings, and workforce reductions.”
“Reduce social discrimination among Bolivian recyclers.”
In the latest round of cuts, Doge announced that it has maintained just one IAF staff. IAF investment “Locally led initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean help our communities realize opportunities and solve their own problems.”
Since 1972, the IAF has awarded 5,800 grants totaling over $945 million. New York Post It has been reported. The agency claims it is focusing grants on “sustainable agriculture and food security,” “enterprise development and employment skills,” “civil engagement and human rights,” and “addressing the root causes of foreign immigration.”
While trimming IAF staff, Doge said it had cancelled several wasted grants, including “$903,811 for Peru's alpaca farming” and “$364,500 to reduce social discrimination among Bolivian recyclers.” Brazil. ”
Doge also improved $731,105 allocated to increase “Guatemalan mushroom and peas marketability,” $677,342 to improve “Honduras fruit and jam sales,” and “$483,345” to increase “Ecuadorian artisan salt production.”
“The Inter-American Foundation, an agency that is the main measure to issue foreign grants ($60 million budget), has been reduced to a statutory minimum (one active employee),” Doge wrote in a post on X.
Doge added that President Donald Trump's cuts are responding to February 19th Presidential Order“Starting reductions in the federal bureaucracy,” which directed the administration to “dramatically reduce the size of the federal government.”
Peter Marrocco, who previously oversaw the Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid programs at the US International Development Agency and the State Department, was appointed Friday to lead the IAF.
IAF employees are Guardian.
“Our program continues to demonstrate the important impact of addressing the root causes of illegal migration and supporting job creation,” the workers said. “Without the IAF, I think we'd remove one of the few cost-effective tools to keep people in their hometown communities.”
The IAF did not respond to requests for comment from the post.
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