Ministry to Accompany Expansion (Development Policy)

Newsletter 2010/02/23 - Ministry to Accompany Expansion

BONN/BERLIN (Own report) - A long-time Friedrich Naumann Foundation employee, a proponent of the Honduran putschists is the newly appointed director of a department in the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Previously, in his function as the "director of the Regional Office for Latin America" he had established the Naumann network in Honduras. Last summer he came to the defense of the putschist regime against protests. His appointment as department director is an aspect of the restructuring process taking place in the BMZ, aimed at linking the ministry more tightly to Germany's economic and military expansion. The restructuring was initiated by the new Minister, Dirk Niebel (FDP). Just last week, the appointment of a Bundeswehr colonel as department director (also for Afghanistan) had provoked strong protests from civilian aid organizations. A third new department director is considered a specialist for promoting small and medium-sized enterprises, which, to a growing degree, are seeking to expand abroad - also with the support of the ministry of development.

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