Problems With ALAS
ALAS has changed leaders and missions since its inception on December 12, 2006. Its third executive director, Carlos Clemente, was indicted on corruption charges alongside Shakira lawyer/ALAS founding director José María Michavila. Its original mission including providing funding to programs that helped needy children. Its stated mission now is to be a social movement that does not fund programs. As a result, it has received millions of dollars from its funders for events like the May 2008 concerts but has not funded any programs.
Antonio de la Rúa has recently been answering charges that disappointment in the organization has caused many of the original artists to leave ALAS and that ALAS has not delivered on its promise to fund programs in Buenos Aires.
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