Carolina Gómez Mena
La Jornada newspaper
Saturday, February 8, 2025, p. 11
The closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) who undertook the administration of President Donald Trump will affect the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute international group, said Andrés Treviño, associate of global programs of the NGO that It promotes the political participation of people of sexual diversity in 22 countries, including Mexico.
Treviño exposed to The day that We are part of the LGBT consortium of the Americas and the Caribbean, which is a network of six organizations that do articulated work to promote political participation
of the sector.
He explained that with Calls of the USAID or the US State Department We finance projects, for example political strengthening schools
. Last year they organized Five schools in five different countries in which more than 200 LGBT activists were trained who were considering presenting themselves as candidates for the elections of their countries.
He pointed out that the LGBT+political leadership meeting brings together more than 600 people every two years, is also compromised.
They currently evaluate alternatives, but stressed that what are clear is that For more threats or cuts that have, we will not stop weaving networks and find ourselves
. However, he regretted that this happens just when “our programs were reaching the greatest number of people.
