Puerto Rico AIDS Crisis » Uncategorized http://puertoricoaidscrisis.com Documenting the current Aids Crisis in Puerto Rico 2007 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:03:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 AIDS Activists Arrested During Protest In Manhattan http://puertoricoaidscrisis.com/2007/11/15/aids-activists-arrested-during-protest-in-manhattan/ http://puertoricoaidscrisis.com/2007/11/15/aids-activists-arrested-during-protest-in-manhattan/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:08:53 +0000 admin http://puertoricoaidscrisis.com/?p=44 AIDS Activists Arrested During Protest In Manhattan

November 14, 2007

A dozen aids activists were arrested after stopping traffic in Downtown Manhattan Wednesday.

Protesters blocked traffic for 30 minutes by standing, sitting, and lying in the streets to call on the United States to step in and take control of AIDS funding in Puerto Rico.

Demonstrators say it’s time to do something big to bring attention to an epidemic that the government hasn’t gotten involved in.

“We have the second-highest rate of death due to HIV and AIDS in the United States and it’s time that we do something drastic to call attention to the situation in Puerto Rico, the mismanagement of funds in Puerto Rico, the collapse of the healthcare system in Puerto Rico,” said protester Paula Santiago.

The dozen protesters who were arrested have since been released.  Link NY1

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