Thursday, May 5, 2005

Global gag this! Standing up to the man (and his wingnut nonsense)

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.

Some common sense comes back to the world! Of course, this article is in the Guardian, and Brazil's actions probably won't see print here.

full article

2 comments:

  1. what is the big deal? Brazil didn't like the strings attached and said,"no thanks."

    BFD!!

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  2. http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_biased-bbc_archive.html#111531892361554386

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