ocr: Zaire's importance to the West during the Cold War brought it aid revenues on a large scale. Between 1970 and1989,it received$8.3 billion in economic aid - including $1.1 billion from the USAand . $6.9 billion from other OECD states - as well as large-scale military assistance. Changing political priorities led the USAto act on long-deferred problems ofhuman rights abuses and misappropriation ofaid by President Mobutu. In 1990,it suspended all but humanitarian aid; most other donors quickly tollowed suit. In 1992,the IMF declared Zaire "non cooperative, ending any chances ofrescheduling its $1 ...
