A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Inter-American Foundation through a preliminary injunction.
This unwinds the actions taken over the past month and a half — reinstating IAF’s president and chief executive officer, Sara Aviel, and voiding actions taken by Peter Marocco, which include terminating IAF’s grants and firing staff. Marocco, a Trump appointee, has served as a leading player in dismantling the U.S. foreign aid apparatus.
IAF is an independent government agency created by the U.S. Congress in 1969, which awards grants to civil society organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. It’s funded $945 million in grants to nearly 6,000 organizations in areas including fighting child abuse, sex trafficking, hunger, and poverty.
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Sara Jervingsarajerving
Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
