HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 6 (acn) US legislators and health activists criticized the US plans to use an HIV-Aids campaign in Cuba to carry out political activism by saying that such covert operations put US health programs at risk in all parts of the world.
The program, which was financed and supervised by the US Agency (USAID) for International Development including the sending of a dozen Latin American youngsters to Cuba to recruit leaders and encourage a rebellion on the island.
Democrat senator Patrick Leahy, who heads a commission that supervises USAID's budget, said on Monday that the situation will be worse than irresponsible if the agency planned to design an HIV campaign with political aims.
Meanwhile, members of InterAction, an alliance for international assistance, said that the use of a group of people to do espionage under the umbrella of an HIV action is unacceptable and that the US administration should never put at risk health or civic programs for the sake of doing espionage against any targets.
According to documents prepared for the USAID-sponsored program, cited by the Associated Press news agency, read that the HIV workshop was the perfect excuse to carry out political activity.
Senator Leahy said that perhaps the USAID contractor fond benefits with the idea, but it translated into a black stain on the long background of the agency as a leader in global health issues.
Since several months ago, the CIA reportedly promised to quit using vaccination programs, such as one in Pakistan chase Osama bin Laden, to gather intelligence information.
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