QUÉ MALO ES BUSH. A quién se le ocurre triplicar la ayuda a África, y encima sin hacer alarde de ello:

President Bush's legacy is sure to be defined by his wielding of U.S. military power in Afghanistan and Iraq, but there is another, much softer and less-noticed effort by his administration in foreign affairs: a dramatic increase in U.S. aid to Africa.



The president has tripled direct humanitarian and development aid to the world's most impoverished continent since taking office and recently vowed to double that increased amount by 2010 -- to nearly $9 billion.



[...] Bush has increased direct development and humanitarian aid to Africa to more than $4 billion a year from $1.4 billion in 2001, according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. And four African nations -- Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt and Uganda -- rank among the world's top 10 recipients in aid from the United States.

Personalmente no creo que aumentar las ayudas económicas sea el método más eficaz a medio plazo (recordad lo de dar peces o enseñar a pescar), pero esa ayuda directa es lo que reclaman una y otra vez los críticos del presidente norteamericano.



(via email de Whitard, de Trampa 22, un blog interesante y bien hecho que no conocía)