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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Clinton "Sells" the Canary Islands
"The former North American President, Bill Clinton, continues to bet on the Canary Islands.", say Canarias7. At the Clinton Global Initiative, which closed last week in New York, the US leader chose to refer to the islands again as an example for the development of the African continent.
The report in Canarias7 says that, "If one had to calculate the dollars by the minute for the publicity that Bill Clinton has done for the Canary Islands, the archipelago's treasury would be light by a good amount." I think they are forgetting the $350,000 we paid him to speak here last year.
Since he dedicated five minutes to talking about the excellences of the islands as an example of development for the African continent and over the islands' potential as a logistical base for projects for African development, I make that $70,000 per minute.
Is that good value, I wonder? If not, keep talking Bill ... :)
Also mentioned is that Clinton has accepted to return to the islands again next year, on this occasion to attend the Campus de Excelencia, which will be held in June 2007, in Fuerteventura with the attendance of around 100 Nobel prize winners, and which is dedicated to Africa.
Clinton ‘vende’ Canarias en el Foro de Iniciativa Global
