{"id":418,"date":"2023-08-07T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T20:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/articles\/foreign-influenced-political-spending-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:57:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:57:30","slug":"foreign-influenced-political-spending-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/articles\/el-gasto-politico-con-influencia-extranjera-es-una-amenaza-para-nuestra-democracia\/","title":{"rendered":"El gasto pol\u00edtico con influencia extranjera es una amenaza para nuestra democracia"},"template":"","class_list":["post-418","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"What Massachusetts lawmakers can do to protect our elections from foreign influences. ","featured_image":"","article_type":214,"authors":"","related_issues":[92,464,462],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los fundadores de nuestro pa\u00eds estaban preocupados por la posible influencia extranjera en las elecciones de nuestra naci\u00f3n desde el principio, y con raz\u00f3n. En la carta de George Washington de 1796 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mountvernon.org\/library\/digitalhistory\/digital-encyclopedia\/article\/george-washington-s-farewell-address\/?gad=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw4s-kBhDqARIsAN-ipH238aKZmlC8W-kBcQDsr9Gq4P5SWEXwqzIM03W3Nb5JI7FCUCiKzTkaAqwQEALw_wcB\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discurso de despedida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cContra las insidiosas artima\u00f1as de la influencia extranjera\u2026 la vigilancia de un pueblo libre debe mantenerse constantemente alerta, puesto que la historia y la experiencia demuestran que la influencia extranjera es uno de los enemigos m\u00e1s perniciosos del gobierno republicano\u201d, advirti\u00f3.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Temiendo que Europa intentara socavar la independencia de nuestra nueva rep\u00fablica a trav\u00e9s del cargo m\u00e1s poderoso, los Padres Fundadores escribieron <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/foreign-influence-constitution-founding-fathers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dos medidas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en la Constituci\u00f3n que otorgan a los poderes legislativo y judicial el poder de controlar al poder ejecutivo si es necesario: la cl\u00e1usula de emolumentos, que impide a cualquier representante electo o embajador aceptar regalos de potencias extranjeras, y el poder de destituir a un presidente.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La influencia de las potencias extranjeras es mucho m\u00e1s compleja hoy que en 1787 y va m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del cargo de presidente. La decisi\u00f3n de 2010 de la Corte Suprema <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supct\/html\/08-205.ZS.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ciudadanos Unidos contra FEC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Abri\u00f3 la puerta para que las corporaciones donaran libremente a las campa\u00f1as estadounidenses, incluidas las elecciones estatales en Massachusetts. Esto significa que las corporaciones con fines de lucro, incluidas aquellas bajo control o influencia extranjera, tienen el poder de gastar dinero ilimitado en nuestras elecciones.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La influencia extranjera llega en muchas formas nuevas e impactantes en 2023. Considere la medida electoral de los trabajadores independientes que se aprob\u00f3 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/15\/massachusetts-court-shuts-down-uber-and-lyft-backed-gig-work-ballot-measure-00039465\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cerrar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> por la Corte Suprema de nuestro estado el a\u00f1o pasado. Corporaciones como Uber y Lyft, que se beneficiaron con la aprobaci\u00f3n de la medida electoral, donaron decenas de millones de d\u00f3lares a la iniciativa. La contribuci\u00f3n de Lyft de $13 millones en diciembre de 2021 fue la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2022\/01\/18\/metro\/lyft-makes-largest-one-time-political-donation-massachusetts-history-fueling-gig-worker-ballot-fight\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La mayor donaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en la historia del estado.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-8869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/MA-23-pull-quote-redo-300x74.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"142\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La influencia corporativa en nuestros sistemas pol\u00edticos es preocupante por s\u00ed misma, pero si analizamos m\u00e1s de cerca, veremos tambi\u00e9n que los inversores extranjeros influyen en las corporaciones que realizan estas grandes contribuciones.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por ejemplo, Kingdom Holding de Arabia Saudita, la firma de inversiones del multimillonario pr\u00edncipe Alwaleed bin Talal, compr\u00f3 el 5,3 por ciento de Lyft por $247,7 millones en <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/lyft-kingdom-holding-ma\/saudis-kingdom-holding-among-group-investing-247-7-mln-in-lyft-idUSL8N14D09I20151224\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uber acept\u00f3 1.400 millones de THB 3.500 millones del pr\u00edncipe heredero de Arabia Saudita, Mohammed Bin Salman, en <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/02\/technology\/uber-investment-saudi-arabia.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arabia Saudita por s\u00ed sola tiene $700 mil millones de d\u00f3lares <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/07\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-sovereign-wealth-fund.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fondo de Inversi\u00f3n P\u00fablica<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, que ha invertido en una amplia gama de empresas y proyectos, desde infraestructura rusa hasta la firma de inversi\u00f3n dirigida por Jared Kushner, yerno del expresidente Trump.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aunque el Pr\u00edncipe Heredero Mohammed Bin Salman probablemente no tuvo ninguna participaci\u00f3n en la votaci\u00f3n sobre los trabajadores independientes de Massachusetts, existe un potencial obvio para una poderosa influencia extranjera en nuestras elecciones estatales. <\/span><b>Es una laguna que se explota f\u00e1cilmente y que es necesario cerrar.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aqu\u00ed en Massachusetts, podemos actuar aprobando leyes que protejan nuestras elecciones del gasto pol\u00edtico de empresas bajo influencia extranjera. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Una ley que limita el gasto pol\u00edtico de las corporaciones con influencia extranjera,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> introducido<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">por el senador estatal Mark Montigny como proyecto de ley <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/S430\/BillHistory\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.430<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y la representante Erika Uyterhoeven como<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">factura <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/193\/H722\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">H.722<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, limitar\u00eda el gasto pol\u00edtico en las elecciones de Massachusetts por parte de corporaciones con influencia extranjera. Se definir\u00eda como \u201cinfluencia extranjera\u201d a cualquier corporaci\u00f3n con un solo propietario extranjero con el 1 por ciento de la propiedad o m\u00e1s, o m\u00faltiples propietarios extranjeros con al menos el 5 por ciento de la propiedad o m\u00e1s.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muchos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/legalindustry\/states-localities-take-foreign-influenced-political-spending-2023-05-30\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otros estados<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Est\u00e1n tomando medidas similares para proteger nuestras elecciones. Colorado y Minnesota han aprobado recientemente prohibiciones similares sobre el gasto pol\u00edtico de las corporaciones con influencia extranjera, y se han presentado proyectos de ley similares en California y Nueva York este a\u00f1o.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aqu\u00ed, en la cuna de la Revoluci\u00f3n estadounidense, debemos actuar ahora para proteger nuestra democracia. Luchemos hoy contra las \u201cinsidiosas artima\u00f1as de la influencia extranjera\u201d llamando a los representantes y senadores de su estado y pidi\u00e9ndoles que apoyen la H.722 y la S.430 para cerrar esta laguna jur\u00eddica de las corporaciones con influencia extranjera en nuestra ley de financiaci\u00f3n de campa\u00f1as.<\/span>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Foreign-influenced political spending is a threat to our democracy - 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