Ecuadorian ministries and institutions are analyzing continuing their cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), after questioning the real objectives of its presence here.

Although the government will make the final decision, the results of these consultations and the scenarios of an eventual decision to expel USAID from Ecuador are being analyzed in detail.

A journalistic investigation by the newspaper El Telegrafo showed an evident contradiction among U.S. authorities regarding the objectives of USAID in the region.

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