Democratic Republic Of The Congo Recipe
USIS Washington File: TEXT: USAID'S ATWOOD BEFORE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The second regional initiative included in the Development Assistance account focuses on Latin America. As part of our effort to capitalize on regional cooperation, the budget proposal includes funds to support the initiatives to be endorsed at the second Summit of the Americas planned for April 1998. USAID helped to define the agenda for the upcoming Summit, where the region's 35 presidents will focus on regional challenges, including economic integration, education, democratic institution building and poverty alleviation through microenterprise activities. USAID is requesting $20 million to support initiatives aimed at achieving these goals which will help remove the barriers to the participation of the poor in the national life of the 34 democracies represented at the second Summit of the Americas. ... [Read More]
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In President Kennedy's judgment the threat posed by the Soviet Union was not overt war in that region. If it wanted war, it would attack the U.S. He would think the threat that Pakistan might confront in Afghanistan was the possibility of guerrilla warfare and Communist party control. The question was the strength of the border forces in Afghanistan and of the Communist Party influence in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. Things along the border went on, President Ayub responded. There were attacks in the area, and Pakistan hit back hard. The Afghans believed the Russians would prevail. They wanted to get all the support they could from them, but at the same time to keep them at arm's length. They did this by getting U.S. support. Yet the Royal Family in Afghanistan did not want to commit suicide. The U.S. could therefore tell the Afghans it would give aid when their actions justify it. President Kennedy wondered whether it was then President Ayub's opinion that the U.S. should not want t ... [Read More]
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