Washington (EFE) .- Johns Hopkins University plans more than 2,000 layoffs after having lost 800 million dollars in financing by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID, in English).
According to his statement, most cessations will affect their employees abroad. Specifically, to 1,975 workers in 44 countries, compared to 247 positions in the United States, while a reduced day will be applied to about 100 other workers.
“This is a difficult day for our entire community. The cancellation of more than 800 million in USAID funds forces us to drastically reduce our crucial work here in Baltimore already international level, ”said the Maryland University in a statement collected by the CNN chain.
Affected employees will be notified 60 days before the measure between force.
The cut is part of the efforts of President Donald Trump, and the tycoon Elon Musk, who is in charge of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge), for reducing expenses and bureaucracy in the Federal Executive.
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USAID is the world’s largest cooperation agency. It was founded in 1963 and has about 10,000 employees and a budget of 50,000 million dollars in 2023.
This Monday, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, pointed out that the Trump administration has canceled 83% of the external aid programs of the already dismantled USAID, considering that their objectives were not useful or even damaged the US national interests.
With EFE information
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