Outrage in Guatemala over US study on sex diseases

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalans on Saturday slammed a US confession that it led a 1940s study in the Central American country in which hundreds of people were deliberately infected with sexually transmitted diseases.

"No matter how much of a superpower it is, the United States cannot do this kind of experimentation," Nery Rodenas, the chief of the human rights office at the archbishop of Guatemala's office, told reporters.

"They used Guatemalans as lab rats. It is important that family members receive some kind of compensation."

Lawmaker Zury Rios also urged compensation for not only the victims, but the nation as a whole.

"It is just not enough to say you are sorry. We need to be compensated as a (sovereign) State, maybe with the funding of a solid sex and reproductive health program," she insisted.

In a phone conversation with President Alvaro Colom on Friday, US President Barack Obama expressed his deep regret for the experiment conducted by US public health researchers in Guatemala between 1946 and 1948, and apologized "to all those affected."

Outrage in Guatemala over US study on sex diseases

The United States has used people for experiments for years, even their own people. Why does it surprise people to hear about this now?   The United States still use people today for experimentation. There has been stories and new articles time after time about experiments. The United States are probably as bad as Hitler was when experimenting on the Jews. People with common sense know these things. It shouldn’t be a surprise. People have tried to warn others, but  some do not listen. Now will you listen to the warnings and the stories that are being told? Do you honestly think that a country like the united states wouldn’t do something so horrible to people even their own people? I am a citizen of the United States, born and raised here. We the people are being betrayed by our own government. It is time for us to stand together. It is time for us to change the government around, From the president to the CIA. We need to rebuild our country. We need to find people that are true Americans, if not by blood then by heart. We need people who are not persuaded by greed. We need someone who actually  stands up for the rights of Americans, near and far. The United States  Government must come down. We need to stand together and make ourselves strong. We need to speak out against the tyranny of our government. We need someone who stands up for us. Someone who looks out for us. We need someone who we can actually say they are here for us and not themselves.