The promotion of progressivism and the “woke” agenda, including LGBTQ+ rights, radical feminism, reproductive rights, indigenism, and the encouragement of immigration, would have been the true destination of almost one billion euros that the European Union financed to NGOs in Latin America between 2014 and 2024, when it was supposed to be money intended for development.
This is revealed in the report “The Pink Tide of EU Aid” prepared by the Fundamental Rights Center-Madrid Office, which investigates the EU’s funding to Latin American NGOs over the past decade.
The study also criticizes the lack of transparency and accountability in the allocation of these funds and suggests that the EU is exporting its own political and cultural agenda to the region, often at the expense of genuine local needs and in support of groups aligned with neo-Marxism.
The report emphasizes that the European Union intensified this funding, especially after the United States, under the Donald Trump administration, reduced its support for similar programs.
Replacement of USAID by the European Union
The report notes that the European Union channeled nearly one billion euros—exactly €939.5 million—to more than 800 NGOs in Latin America between 2014 and 2024. Contrary to its supposed purpose of development aid, the funds were diverted to promote a “woke” and neo-Marxist ideological agenda in the region, contributing to what is known as the “pink tide.”
This EU funding intensified after the cessation of USAID funds by the Donald Trump administration, leaving the EU as the main public financier of these organizations. The lack of transparency and accountability in the allocation and use of these funds suggests a “moral imperialism” by the EU that imposes Western ideologies in a predominantly conservative region.
The study reveals that the aforementioned amount coming from European taxpayers directed to over 800 NGOs in Latin America during the last decade was intended for development needs, but largely diverted towards a predetermined ideological agenda.
EU funding to NGOs globally saw a significant increase, rising from €3 billion in 2014 to nearly €11.4 billion in 2022, an increase of nearly 400%. The report underscores that Latin America, adjusted for population and size, seems to be a preferred target for EU aid disbursements.
Ideology and the Neo-Marxist “Pink Tide”
The report from the Fundamental Rights Center argues that the “pink tide” resurfacing in Latin America is not merely a political change but a “Gramscian mutation of the old-school ‘red waves’,” where “old Marxists have come disguised with the rainbow palette, under the general cult of wokism.”
It points out that the roadmap of these neo-Marxist elites toward dominance follows an ” unmistakable Gramscian manual: a struggle for culture, language, and discourse as preconditions for seizing and consolidating power.”
The study identifies seven main categories of NGOs funded by the EU that promote progressive ideological agendas:
Intersectionality and “Transversality”
NGOs often address multiple causes—gender, race, environment—under the umbrella of intersectionality, a “western paradigm imported that lacks cultural depth in a predominantly conservative region.”
Examples include ALDEA in Ecuador, which seeks an “inclusive, intercultural, equitable society” focusing on “human rights, gender, and interculturality”; as well as El Abrojo in Uruguay, which advocates for “sexual education in early childhood” and a “culture of careful drug consumption.”
LGBTQ+ Lobby
Funds are allocated to NGOs promoting LGBT activism, “LGBT citizenship,” and “trans rights,” often deviating from initial goals like HIV prevention.
A highlighted example is the “Forward with Diversity” project in the Andean region, funded by the EU in partnership with Hivos Latin America, which seeks to counteract the “anti-rights discourse” from “religious-fundamentalist leaders.”
Radical Feminism
EU funding supports a form of feminism that has “pivoted towards equality of outcomes—when not engaging in a frontal cultural war against forms of patriarchy it sees as encompassing heteronormativity, borders, and capitalism itself.” This translates into the promotion of abortion, the LGBT cause, and the trans movement. It cites the “Feminist Collective” in El Salvador, for instance, which received significant funding while litigating against the state for denying abortion rights.
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
A subcategory focused on abortion and “family planning,” of which PromSex in Peru is the largest recipient in this group, despite facing internal sexual abuse scandals.
Indigenism and Racialism
The EU finances Indigenous Political Organizations (IPO) that, instead of focusing on assimilation or practical needs, promote an “identity agenda that risks fueling resentment and separation,” the report states.
Practices such as “intercultural health” based on unproven folk medicine and support for groups opposing legitimate development projects in the name of “indigenous rights” are mentioned.
Migrant Rights and Free Movement
EU-funded NGOs in transit countries like Mexico and Central America “often advocate for looser border security while framing free movement as a human right.” These organizations, like the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center in Mexico, promote “alternatives to detention for illegal migrants” and explicitly reject “external borders.”
Media and “Freedom of Press”
These are EU funds directed toward journalistic initiatives, under the pretext of “media vitality” or “combatting disinformation,” which ultimately finance the substantive agendas these media outlets convey.
Examples cited in the report include Revista Crisis in Argentina, which attacks ‘imperialism’ and occasionally whitewashes communist and socialist regimes, as well as Memetic Media in Paraguay, which “combats ‘disinformation,’ online ‘hate speech,’ and ‘digital violence'” often with a political bias.
Bureaucratic Failures and Lack of Transparency
The report emphasizes the lack of oversight, as there are severe bureaucratic failures in how beneficiaries are identified, aid is allocated, and contracts audited.
It states that, although the EU publishes data through its Financial Transparency System (FTS), the information is often incomplete. For instance, amounts below €10,000 are rounded down to zero in the downloadable Excel files from the FTS website but appear through the “explore” function, which is more tedious.
Moreover, in multi-NGO projects, individual allocations are not always broken down, leading to “an invitation to request more information,” but with little effective clarity.
The report points out that the EU has faced criticism for its own lack of internal transparency, as seen in the LIFE scandal and the “Qatargate,” while “continuing to preach to countries—from Georgia to Hungary, and primarily Paraguay in Latin America—that take steps to shed light on opaque NGOs that wield decisive influence on their legislative production, news cycles, and even electoral outcomes.”
A double moral is denounced in the European Union, as if foreign funds were directed to European NGOs with a different ideology, “they wouldn’t have passed the test,” while the EU equates transparency norms with prescriptive measures against NGOs.
Ideological Influence
The report highlights that EU aid is not neutral, but rather diverts towards a predetermined ideological agenda.
It also emphasizes the role of George Soros in the funding, as there is a “surprising overlap” with the philanthropic networks of his Open Society Foundation (OSF), with various NGOs receiving simultaneous funding from both the EU and the OSF.
The study accuses the EU of detrimental meddling through this financing, which generates “moral imperialism” that challenges the sovereignty and capacity of nations to control foreign influence.
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