A mi tambien me dieron ganas

... de montarme en un avion esta noche para ir en busca de cositas
...de unas lindas cosquillitas por aqui, y por aca
... que rico son esas cosquillitas sin olvidarme de las otras cositas que me haras
... que rico acostarme hoy y recibirlas, pero solo las tuyas!
... creo me quedare con las ganas otra vez

One more year, and we still haven't made any progress in fighting HIV/AIDS

So today is World's AIDS day and this is my way of mourning it. Today's LA Times editorial "A day of failed promise" talks about the horrible realization that we are losing the war against HIV/Aids. And "we" is not only those powerful governments who have the money and technology to control this epidemic, but all of us in this world for not making a commitment to fight back. The rethoric about abstinence is not going to solve the problem, would "safe sex" do it for us? I even laugh about this because I know that there isn't safe sex except for abstinence and I would be the first one to make a plight against abstinence. The article says something that really made me think about the failure of world leaders' policies in combating the endemic: "The highest rates of new infection in sub-Saharan Africa are among young married women, who for the most part are faithful to their husbands; they need condoms for their husbands and for themselves, not lectures on abstinence''. How can you stop women in Africa from not getting infected with AIDS? Do they have a choice like me? like you? Do we really think these women will say no to their husbands when having sex?

Go to Kenya and you will see women in the streets prostituting for food; women who often take the road of prostitution to feed their children in the absence of a husband- or some who are simply running from the punches of this same man... This isn't a speech about feminism either but the reality is that women and children get hit the hardest by papa AIDS. Cultural practices are not only keeping women and children in poverty but are sending them directly to the grave with a disgusting disease- worst is the thought that there are actually enough antiviral medicine to give to all people infected with HIV and Aids. So why aren't these drugs making it to their hands? simply because we have economic interests and forces that are not willing to share a patent to make these drugs cheaper and thus more accessible to the poor people. Even in the U.S.A the treatment of HIV and AIDS is one of the most expensive treatments around the world. If we in the U.S. do not have insurance and hence cannot have access to these medicines, how can we expect people in the poor countries to get better?

A final thought... and this is how ridiculous these world policies are getting- Brazil, at the beginning of this year refused to accept U.S. Aid to fight HIV/Aids because they weren't willing to accept american policies that the sex profession needed to be considered illegal in order for Brazil to benefit form this aid. Good for Lula when he said No to these blackmailing policies by the U.S. but... bad for the many people in Brazil who now don't have access to those medicines. Where should we put the balance on governmental policies to protect public health? people go first and many sacrifices need to be made.

Have you gotten tested yet?