Tag Archive 'Puerto Rico'

The Ritual Spilling of Puerto Rican Rum brings Bad Mojo to Gala Event in DC

admin on Dec 18 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, Housing Works, Puerto Rico

Protesters spill Puerto Rican rum outside an exclusive party to decry Puerto Rico’s AIDS crisis Torruella (in orange hat) and Eddie Fukui participate in the Puerto Rican Rum Party It was a black-tie affair inside the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration holiday party at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, but [...]

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Puerto Rico AIDS Crisis, Save Lives Now

admin on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: AIDS

  Outraged by U.S. government indifference to the escalating AIDS crisis in Puerto Rico, a dozen AIDS activists stopped traffic for half an hour in downtown Manhattan today to demand immediate federal oversight of Puerto Rico’s AIDS funding. All twelve were arrested at the intersection of Broadway and Worth streets, as a raucous crowd of [...]

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Puerto Rico-HIV-AIDS Crisis-The Epidemic

admin on Nov 15 2007 | Filed under: AIDS, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico-HIV-AIDS Crisis-The Epidemic * There are 3,927,776 people living on the Island of Puerto Rico.1 * 29,092 cumulative AIDS cases of persons of all ages have been reported from the beginning of the epidemic through 2005.2 * In 2005, there were 1,033 new AIDS cases reported on the Island.2 Ranked 10th highest in the [...]

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