Washington Agency Creates Neoliberal University in Venezuela

[Judi Lynn]

Last updated: May 6th, 2009
Washington Agency Creates Neoliberal University in Venezuela
By Eva Golinger

(Venezuela Analysis) -- A United States institution linked to security and defense agencies in Washington, D.C. has established a program in Venezuela to train youth in the principles of "individual liberty, free markets, and limited governments."

Called the "El Cato-CEDICE University" (see: http://www.elcato.org/special/cato-univ-venezuela/lunes.html), it is a combined initiative of the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. and the Venezuelan organization, Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge for Freedom (CEDICE). It also has the support of Venezuelan organizations including the Future Present Foundation, which was created by Yon Goicochea, a leader of the Justice First political party; National Unity, the coalition of opposition political parties created in 2008; and New Bases, the opposition student movement of the Metropolitan University.

The El Cato-CEDICE University is planning a seminar that will last three days, from Sunday May 24 to Tuesday May 26, 2009. The headquarters of this subversive event is the La Escondida ranch, one hour from Caracas. The participation fee is 150BsF (US$ 70). According to the material published by the Cato Institute, the event will cover themes such as "the new global agenda, the world financial crisis, populism in Latin America, youth as defenders of freedom, poverty and violence, rights to property, the challenges of institutions in the 21st century, among others."

The "teachers" at the El Cato-CEDICE University include Gabriela Calderon, editor of the website ‘elcato.org' and columnist for the rightwing newspaper El Universo in Ecuador; Daniel Cordova, dean of the Economics Department at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences and also director of Pro-Capital Investment Project, an NGO financed by the United States; Otto Guevara, a Costa Rican politician and president of the party Free Movement and the Liberal Network of Latin America (RELIAL); Martin Krause, lecturer in the Higher School of Economics and Business Administration in Buenos Aires; Carlos Sabino from the Center for Global Prosperity of the Independent Institute in the U.S.; Jose Toro Hardy, Venezuelan economist for CEDICE; Alvaro Vargas Llosa from the Center for Global Prosperity of the Independent Institute in the U.S and a columnist for the Washington Post; and Yon Goicochea, a leader of the Justice First party and founder of the Future Present Foundation, an organization dedicated to training youth in the tactics of "gradual coup"<1> and subversion.

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[amyrose2712]

1. This sh*t really pisses me off.

Why are we allowed to keep doing these things. I am still reading Shock Doctrine( I had surgery and didn't read for a while). But, we don't seem to be going in any other direction but this. It makes me so sick.

[Judi Lynn]

2. I'll bet these perverts have seen their best day, amyrose. They're desperate to extend their range,

but the world doesn't want them. We already know who they are and how little good they do for our world.

I'd like to think they have overreached their grasp. These maggots have taken far too much from the world and clearly they have NOTHING to give back, that's why they have to conspire against us all. They know they're not wanted.