The condition produced by the VIH infection treatens the existence of the Waraos of the Orinoco Delta in eastern Venezuela. The lack of the medicines and the crisi in the health system has increased the number of deaths.
In recent years, more than forty recidents of this village died of HIV or symptoms similar to those caused by this disease. The Waraos is a village whith an approximate population of two hundred people.
According to medical specialists and Warao community leader, the Venezuelan goverment gas ignored the problem, leaving the population alone to face this serious threat to their existence. The death and flight of the survivorss have already destroyed at least one village. This disease is putting into play the future of this ancestral culture.
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