Syphilis Laboratory - Guatemala

Legacy of US syphilis experiments still plagues Guatemala

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Obama may have apologised last year for the 1940s US medical experiments that intentionally infected Guatemalans with syphilis, but as this startling report shows, its legacy continues to destroy lives.

Soldiers, prostitutes, the mentally ill and even orphaned children; no one was safe from the American government's decision to deliberately infect them with syphilis. The costs are still being felt today in Guatemala as the infected and their descendants, who have inherited the disease, all bear the painful scars of those experiments. Dr Cutler moved his base when he was banned from practising in the States, after watching the effects of syphilis on African-American men who had no idea they were infected. Treating the disease "would interfere with the study", Cutler said. All are victims of a "serious crime" says the lawyer pressing a lawsuit against the US government on behalf of the Guatemalans. Obama's apology for this atrocity is a start but it isn't enough to mend the ruined lives of the surviving human guinea pigs.

A Film By SBS
Distributed By Journeyman Pictures
July 2011

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• Syphilis
• Laboratory
• Guatemala
• US
• Medical
• Experiments
• 1940s
• Infected
• Soldiers
• Obama
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[publicmario17]

Just like how the Japanese used human experiments against Chinese, Koreans and other Asians called "Unit 731". Just like how the British Army and the scientists from use to experiment poison gas hundreds of Indians soldiers called the "Rawalpindi experiments". I'm not excusing the 1940s experiments but USA isn't the only civilization to done this kind of shit.

[Dunkzilla42]

This dont make any kind of sense man! Smh first we cruelly kill off all tha NATIVE AMERICANS for tha sake of geographical exploration AND NOW THIS. SMH This country of ours sucks and is in no difference from the cruel NAZIS from WWII

[guatemalaybelize]

Malditos gringos, poreso son odiados por todo el mundo, por que agaran a las otras personas como basuras y animales que no valen la pena, realizar experimentos de esta naturaleza con personas, por que no lo hicieron con sus propios ciudadanos, ODIO LOS AMERICANOS

[Soon2BDanceCru]

I'm disgusted! How could anyone purposely give people a life threating disease, without their consent?!

[c2759valdes]

More of 1500 people die of sifilys 1948

[c2759valdes]

With o I am sorry they clear everything.

[c2759valdes]

Quiero el nombre del abogado tel y direccion del que puso caso por la gente que fue inyectada con sifylis por perdida de familiar

[andresrojas22]

@publicmario17 why dont u tell that argument to the victims? seriously what kinda stupid comment is that, the video is about a known us crime and u come here basically accusing people of antiamericanism 4 pointing out that the us along with israel have comited unspeakable atrocities since the XX century (wich is completely true), theres no liberal or conservative, proamerican or antiamerican pov there, theres just the victims

[publicmario17]

@andresrojas22 It's not that, it's about people here assuming that this crime is worse than other countries do. People need to stop acting like the U.S. is the only country that only do this kind of stuff. Other countries like Britain and other nations does this kind of stuff too in the past.

[andresrojas22]

@publicmario17 why do assholes think that because others do monstrosities then their own crimes arent as bad? this video is not about the victims of the japanese, its about the us crimes that r stil hapening as we speak. i wonder if i'll be alive in 60 years when the us would apollogize for the crimes of the 2000s

[Thylovely4you]

it seems that every single country in the world has performed some sort of experiment on people

in asylums it happens a lot, and all the poor little animals too, what a fucked up world this is.