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On October 14th, the Guardian published a good example of corporate media propaganda covering the FSLN government's efforts to prevent abuse of non-profit funding for political purposes. The Guardian report follows the formula pioneered in the last century by propaganda guru Edward Bernays. To understand the degree of disinformation involved in the report requires a digression looking briefly at how foreign intervention in Latin America has coopted development cooperation via non-governmental organizations. toni solo reports on the issue.