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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door AP, Darlene Superville
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
(AP) U.S. President George W. Bush tours a business and trade exhibit at the Gaborone International...
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - Visiting a country with the world's highest AIDS infection rate, President Bush said Thursday that the disease is "the deadliest enemy Africa has ever faced" and promised that the United States will help meet the challenge.
"The people of this nation have the courage and resolve to defeat this disease and you will have a partner in the United States of America," Bush told Botswana's President Festus Mogae in a toast kicking off a festive luncheon.
"This is the deadliest enemy Africa has ever faced, and you will not face this enemy alone."
Bush's brief remarks were greeted with chants of "Pula! Pula!," which means "all good things."
Bush came to this country near the southern tip of Africa bearing a $15 billion plan to combat AIDS, and he received a raucous welcome upon his arrival. Dozens of children waving small American and Botswanan flags danced and waved, and scantily clad men and women performed tribal dances.
Botswana, too, is rich and diamonds and has a stable government. Its status as a model of democracy and economic strength in Africa is one of the reasons it was chosen by the White House to be one of Bush's stops - and earned Bush's praise at lunch.
Fourteen countries in Africa and the Caribbean account for nearly half of the world's HIV infections, but Botswana is especially hard-hit. More than 38 percent of its adult population is infected with HIV. The life expectancy is 39.9 years for its citizens ages 15-49.
Mogae has adopted Africa's most aggressive response to the disease, including a promise to provide AIDS medicines free of charge to all who need them. That program is funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The United States is jointly sponsoring 16 HIV testing centers, donating money to improve health care and helping fund AIDS awareness campaigns, including a serialized radio drama dealing with AIDS-related issues.
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Ik heb hier op het forum gelezen dat de planning van 15 miljard dollar aan aids hulp heel slecht was, ik heb hier op het forum gelezen dat de VS enkel aan zichzelf denkt en dat de Bush administratie er op uit is om de wereld te domineren.
Dit verhaal toont aan dat als conservatieven praten over hoe de VS EN
democratische allies
SAMEN aan een betere wereld zullen bouwen en dat de VS hier vele miljarden voor over heeft.
In collaboratie met directe liefdadigheidsorganizaties wordt hier een programma uit de doeken gedaan dat gratis aids medicatie combineert met preventiecampagnes en testcentra. How the fuck is dat de verkeerde aanpak?
Dit is een goed voorbeeld van hoe democratie en een stabiel, westers gezind bewind, zijn vruchten rechtsreeks afwerpt onder de gedemoniseerde Bush administratie.