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Worldwide Waste: How the Government is Using and Losing Your Money Abroad -Part V: The Inter-American Foundation
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Abstract
Chairman Rand Paul of the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs issued a series of waste reports of American foreign expenditure. This is part 5 of 7 cataloging over $3 billion in wasteful spending. This specific volume reports on the Inter-American Foundation including $50k for El Salvadorian Illegal Immigrants, $1.2 million in immigrant remittances, $170k in guinea pig farming, ~$523k in Bolivian gas and llamas, ~$333k in Bolivian herder self esteem, ~$254k Argentinian Honey marketing, ~$300k in Brazilian welfare, ~$324k Argentinian circus arts, ~$220k in Paraguayan Theater, ~$478k in Mexican carbon offsets, ~$565k in Haitian film, ~$307k in Ecuadorian alpacas, ~$228k in Costa Rican NGOs, ~$260k in El Salvadorian Museums, ~$511k in Bolivian indigenous art, ~$163k in Guatemalan art and museums, ~$328k in Haitian dance, $35k in Brazilian cultural awareness, ~$155k in Costa Rica Ecotourism, ~$238k in El Salvadorian Boat Tours, ~$1.7 million in Nicaraguan Coffee, and $290k in Peruvian dairy.
Date
2017-02-08
Document Type
Senate Majority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
18 pages
Congress
115
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversight