How CIA changed the regime in Bangladesh.
— Alan Weinstein, founder of National Endowment of Democracy (NED).
This is what happened in Bangladesh.
“The new world of spyless coups” - Washington Post, 1991
When in the 1980s someone exposed the 35-year-old scam of the US CIA agency. After that, the then American President Ronald Regan established the National Endowment for Democracy with great discretion. Its main objective was to root out the unfriendly government by supporting it. For this, the help of the opposition is possible. This cannot happen in any country without opposition.
The National Endowment for Democracy was founded in 1983 to promote democracy. It is a non-profit organization. In 1991 its first president, historian Allen Weinstein, confessed to The Washington Post: "Everything we do today was done secretly by the CIA 25 years ago". Long before the formation of NED, the same newspaper revealed in 1967 how the CIA funded foreign trade unions, cultural organizations, the media and prominent intellectuals. The funded organizations sometimes managed to weaken and even eliminate opposition to friendly governments, while creating an environment favorable to US interests. In 1964 there was a coup in Brazil, which ousted President João Goulart. The 1973 coup against Chile's President Salvador Allende showed that the US government had not abandoned such methods.
The National Endowment for Democracy was founded in 1983 to promote democracy. It is a non-profit organization. In 1991 its first president, historian Allen Weinstein, confessed to The Washington Post: "Everything we do today was done secretly by the CIA 25 years ago". Long before the formation of NED, the same newspaper revealed in 1967 how the CIA funded foreign trade unions, cultural organizations, the media and prominent intellectuals. The funded organizations sometimes managed to weaken and even eliminate opposition to friendly governments, while creating an environment favorable to US interests. In 1964 there was a coup in Brazil, which ousted President João Goulart. The 1973 coup against Chile's President Salvador Allende showed that the US government had not abandoned such methods.
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