Bush Announces Aid to Latin America on Eve of Visit
El Diario/La Prensa, Posted: Mar 06, 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Speaking to members of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President George W. Bush announced several U.S.-sponsored programs for education and health in Latin America on Monday Feb. 5, according to Spanish- language daily El Diario/La Prensa and EFE news service. The president’s announcement came three days before his scheduled trip to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. According to the report, President Bush said the United States would help democracies on the continent to establish governments free of corruption, and to sustain economies so families are able to move up economically and socially. Among the new initiatives announced is the establishment of Marine doctors stationed in the region who will treat nearly 85,000 patients and perform 1,500 operations in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. On the education front, the president pledged $75 million for a new program to help students in Latin America learn
English and study in the United States. Peter Hakim, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a think tank in Washington, D.C., said the president’s trip comes at a time when there is real concern in Washington regarding relations between the United States and Latin America. “It is clear that there is a great deal of anti-U.S. sentiment in the region,” he said.
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