Thursday, June 9, 2011

US carried out 'devil's experiment' in Guatemala

There is a shocking story in today's Guardian about the US authorities infecting an estimated 1,500 Guatemalans with syphilis, gonorrhea and chancroid to test an early antibiotic, penicillin.

Little Marta Orellana, an orphan, was one of these young girls.

According to the Guardian, it is unclear what, if anything, was promised to the Sisters of Charity in return for supplying orphans to the tall men in white coats who visited each week from 1946 to 1948.

What at all is it about people in power, people who tell others what to do and how to behave?

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