The member of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) that received the most funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2023 was Mozambique, with a total of US$664.122 million. The data is contained in one of the few web pages that still contain official USAID information after a decision by the Donald Trump government to dismantle the agency.
Trump, as well as the head of the Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE), entrepreneur Elon Musk, and some Republican congressmen, have criticized USAID – which oversees humanitarian, development, and security programs in about 120 countries – in increasingly harsh terms, accusing it of promoting progressive causes. Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to be the region most affected by the decision. Mozambique, for example, had tens of millions of dollars allocated in 2023 for programs related to HIV/AIDS and emergency food. Experts have assessed that the effects of HIV programs are not yet clear, but the consequences could be rapid and even dangerous.
(Source LUSA)
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