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I was investigating some current NGOs and other groups in my country and somehow it lead me to this site and org called the Global Peace Foundation.
The website definitely looks like a 3 letter agency, and what I found funny was that in the board of directors one of the ex-Presidents of Guatemala was there.
If it quacks like a duck…
The name alone is a dead giveaway.
It was founded by the Moonies. Literally by the son of the founder of the Moonies. They hsve old ties to the US State Department and the imperialist NGO network.
It has the positions you’d expect from this. It’s basically The Washington Times in NGO form. Would probably serve as a good case study for how they function, primarily as advocates for “market reforms”, i.e. neoliberalism, using a veneer of humanitarianism, and enjoying special international status due to how well this aligns with the interests of global capital.