US helps finance Participacion Ciudadana

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The government of the United States is helping to finance the activities of the citizen's watch group called "Participacion Ciudadana"(PC), an NGO that monitors governmental behavior and serves as a pressure group on important social issues. Over 90% of PC's operational budget is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In the United States, this sort of NGO is called Citizen's Watch and has been growing in popularity for more than three decades. There are groups similar to Participacion in Ecuador, Peru and Honduras. Diario Libre mentions that USAID has funded activities over RD$70 million worth of activities.

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