He visited leprosy sanitariums across the country from the 1960s to early 1980s to document the lives of segregated patients. “(The photos are) first-class materials that provide an opportunity ...
During the AIDS crisis, Cuba's sanitariums drew both praise and criticism. While they were credited with containing the spread of HIV on the communist island, the clinics were described as “a ...
According to the survey covering residents’ associations of 13 national sanitariums, 1,001 people were living at the facilities as of May 1, and their average age was 87. Overall, 380 ...
Adria Arjona in "Los Frikis." During the AIDS crisis, Cuba's sanitariums drew both praise and criticism. While they were credited with containing the spread of HIV on the communist island ...
In "Los Frikis," set in early 1990s Cuba, hundreds of young, disenfranchised Cubans inject themselves with HIV during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, hoping to escape political repression by ...