Inside The Americas - Living with HIV/AIDS in Honduras

Inside the Americas. In-depth reports and analysis from our extensive network of correspondents throughout the region on the most important developments in Latin America. Since HIV/AIDS was first diagnosed in Honduras, 32,000 cases have been indentified. Inside the Americas takes us to visit a shelter, whose director Sandra Zambrano has helped to save hundreds of lives. She tells us that her work is to help people who may have been expelled from their homes to learn to live with dignity and to realize that they have the same rights as anyone else. We meet Cristina, who has been living in the house for seven years while her two children live in another shelter. She speaks of the government’s failure to provide necessary medicines. Last year a bill was introduced to improve live conditions of people with the virus. The measure supports the rights of people with HIV/AIDS to adopt, to avoid discrimination, exclusion and loss of employment. If the bill is passed it will be the first measure introduced by the Libre party, created as a result of the National Resistance Front against the 2009 military coup in Honduras. All other bills have been blocked by the conservative majority in Congress, but backers feel optimistic that this bill will become law. teleSUR