Brazil Spurns US Terms for AIDS Help

[chlamor]

Brazil spurns US terms for AIDS help

Sarah Boseley and Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Wednesday May 4, 2005
The Guardian

Brazil yesterday became the first country to take a public stand against the Bush administration's massive Aids programme which is seen by many as seeking increasingly to press its anti-abortion, pro-abstinence sexual agenda on poorer countries.

Campaigners applauded Brazil's rejection of $40m for its Aids programmes because it refuses to agree to a declaration condemning prostitution.

The government and many Aids organisations believe such a declaration would be a serious barrier to helping sex workers protect themselves and their clients from infection.

The demand from the US administration, heavily influenced by the religious right, follows what is known as the "global gag" - a ban on US government funds to any foreign-based organisation which has links to abortion. This has resulted in the removal of millions of dollars of funding from family planning clinics worldwide.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,1475965,00.html

[Jacobin]

1. Good for Brazil

They are realists and don't cowtow to Yankees and it will be good for them in the long run.

[donheld]

2. Thank god for people that stand up to bushie

Somebody's got too.

[0007]

3. Hooray for Brazil!

[countmyvote4real]

4. Cheers to Brazil.

US dollars are becoming worthless and the strings attached to that crap support are beyond any rational perspective.

[CHIMO]

5. So The Next Headline

Pope to the rescue. Calls Brazilian Bishops to Rome to Lay Down the Law.

[ballaratocker]

6. Oh thank goodness.

Well, seems that sanity has taken over somewhere. I love the new conservative angle that not promoting condoms is 'common sense'. Most likely cos a lot of these guys never had sex before they were 30.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Spot the lie from Senator Brownback

But Sam Brownback, a leading Senate conservative, told the Wall Street Journal: "Obviously Brazil has the right to act however it chooses in this regard. We're talking about promotion of prostitution which the majority of both the house and the Senate believe is harmful to women."

Bollocks. Of course they're not talking about promotion of prostitution - I can hardly see anyone saying "hey girls, it's a good career choice". What they're talking about it realising it's a reality, and one that will remain however much you say "don't do it". But Brownback can't resist a chance to mispreresent a view he's opposed to.

[annabanana]

8. Charity with strings attached.....

What good Christians these Fristians are....

Judgmental, self righteous hypocrites.... bah

[Roland99]

10. Ignoring the truth and furthering their lies

Like ignoring prostitution and willing it to go away is going to work?

These people are literally INSANE!

[Javaman]

11. There are always strings with moron*...

If anything I think moron* is achieving something pretty amazing for South American, because of his divisive offers, he is unwittingly uniting South America. I think moron* will single handedly bring to South American what it has longed for: A strong single voice against the US.

[MN ChimpH8R]

9. Viva Lula!

Nice to see a government with the cojones to stick up for its own people and tell the Chimperor to go pound sand

:applause: :applause:

Brownback: lying asshat (this is new?) :grr: :puke:

[Arkansas Granny]

12. Just proves the point

that they would rather proselytize than to save lives.

What hypocrisy!