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Uruguay Other Interest Groups
Latinamerica Press reported that West German
foundations had a heavy presence in Uruguay, where more
than 100
research institutes, all funded from abroad, were engaged
in
nearly 500 projects. The report noted that the Colorado
Party had
developed close ties to the Hanns-Seidel Foundation over
the
years; the PDC and several Christian democratic business
associations were connected to the Konrad Adenauer
Foundation;
the National Party received support from the Friedrich
Nauman
Foundation; and the PIT-CNT and PGP received financial
support
from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
What influence, if any, these foundations had on
government
policies was unclear, although their presence presumably
enhanced
West German-Uruguayan relations. However, when Sanguinetti
visited the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) in
1987
and signed a technical assistance agreement with the
right-wing
Hanns-Seidel Foundation, a scandal erupted in Montevideo
over
whether West German development foundations were using
their
funds to influence Uruguayan politics. The agreement
provided for
assistance by the Hanns-Seidel Foundation to the Ministry
of the
Interior in the development of an antiterrorism computer
system.
Data as of December 1990
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