this Ministry of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Tuesday announced the cancellation of $4.5 million in grants, including one for alpaca agriculture in Peru, another to reduce social discrimination among Bolivian recyclers and another to promote cultural understanding of Brazilian Venezuelan immigrants.
According to a statement from Doge, the InterAmerican Foundation, an agency that awards a $60 million budget to foreign grant budgets, has been reduced to its legal minimum – an active employee.
Grants cancelled in the process include $903,811 for Alpaca Agriculture in Peru, reducing social discrimination by Bolivian recyclers and $323,633 to promote understanding of culture to reduce $364,500 Venezuelan immigration According to Doge, in Brazil.
Other large ticket grants that were cut include $813,210,731,105 from El Salvador Gardens for greater marketability Mushrooms and peas In Guatemala, fruit and jam sales in Honduras were expanded to $677,342,483,345 to improve handmade salt production in Ecuador, and Brazil’s beekeeping industry was $39,250.
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Doge said it cut a grant that used $903,811 in taxpayer funds that boosted alpaca agriculture in Peru. (Sebastian Canat/Picture Alliance by Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump The task was that the organization optimized the federal government, simplified operations and cut spending, and gave them only 18 months.
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As of March 4, Doge’s website claimed 2,334 contracts terminated, totaling $8 billion in savings, 3,489 grants terminated, about $10 billion in savings, and 748 lease terminations, totaling about $660 million in rental savings.
It also claims that it has saved approximately $100.5 billion from “a combination of fraud detection/deletion, contract/lease cancellation, contract/lease update, asset sales, asset sales, grant cancellation, reduced labor reduction, programmatic changes and regulatory savings.”
Former U.S.A.I.D.C.’s headquarters building Thursday, February 27, 2025. The layoffs come after Doge’s analysis of the organization and massive layoff recommendations. (Leigh Green of Fox News Digital)
Ethics critics say the organization has access to the federal system and should not be allowed to cancel federal contracts or lay off employees at various agencies.
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It cancels countless diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for federal agencies, consulting contracts, leases of underutilized federal buildings, and duplicate agencies and programs.
The Americas Foundation did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment Tuesday.
Eric Revell of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
