[mobglob-discuss] PS. re Sumate In Venezuela

[michael a. lebowitz]

         One added bit of information about Sumate, the organisation which 
is responsible both for the current battle over the computers at the 
signature tables and also, it turns out, produced the controversial cards 
that private employers are distributing to their workers has just been 
provided by venezuelanalysis.com:

>Since then, Sumate has taken a much lower profile, especially since its 
>status as a non-profit organization has been questioned and because of 
>questions about how it was being financed. Sumate's current campaign to 
>inform citizens of their electoral registration information and of the 
>procedures for participating in the recall referendum process is being 
>funded by grants from the United States, via the National Endowment for 
>Democracy (NED) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), 
>according to Sumate's director, Corina Machado.

         Just in case you were wondering about the US hand.
                 in solidarity,
                  michael
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