Brazilian officials rejected a $40 million AIDS package from the British government due to stipulations it had on the flourishing sex worker industry. The nation is currently battling a fiery epidemic of AIDS, but still refused the funding because the Brazilian government does not want to support the Bush administration’s “social agenda” for fear of it being detrimental to the nation’s sex worker industry.

One of the requirements upon accepting the grant is for AIDS/HIV support groups to procure a written vow denouncing the sex worker trades. They were also required to support abstinence.

The director of Brazil's AIDS program and chair of the national commission, Pedro Chequer, commented the Bush policy as "interference that harms the Brazilian policy regarding diversity, ethical principles and human rights.”

"We can't control [AIDS] with principles that are Manichean, theological, fundamentalist and Shiite," adds Chequer.

The program is currently targeted for 15 countries and is expected to run to 2008.