The reaction to the encyclical's continued prohibitions of artificial birth control was very mixed. In Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland, the encyclical was welcomed. In Latin America, much support developed for the Pope and his encyclical. As World Bank President Robert McNamara declared at the 1968 Annual Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group that countries permitting birth control practices would get preferential access to resources, doctors in La Paz, Bolivia called it insulting that money should be exchanged for the conscience of a Catholic nation. In Colombia, Cardinal archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque declared, if American conditionality undermines Papal teachings, we prefer not to receive one cent. The Senate of Bolivia passed a resolution stating that Humanae vitae could be discussed in its implications for individual consciences, but was of greatest significance because the papal document defended the rights of developing nations to determine their own population policies. The Jesuit Journal Sic dedicated one edition to the encyclical with supportive contributions. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who was president of the World Bank in 1968? ANS1 Robert McNamara QSN2 What were developing countries encouraged to allow access to by the World Bank? ANS2 birth control QSN3 In what country did doctors call the World Bank's offer of resources in exchange for liberal birth control policies "insulting"? ANS3 Bolivia QSN4 Who said Columbia did not want American aid if it required changing the Catholic church's stance on birth control? ANS4 Cardinal archbishop Aníbal Muñoz Duque QSN5 What country did Cardinal archbishop Anlbal Munoz Duque represent? ANS5 Colombia