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Chagas--a deadly disease caused by an inch-long insect found in Mexico and South America has begun to spread to the United States. This article examines a disease long common in Latin America, but virtually unknown in the United States. There is little awareness around the disease, possibly due to the disparities in healthcare between Latin America and the United States--and the lack of recognition/communication about diseases between the two bordering countries of Mexico and the United States (e.g. the H1N1 virus).

This video is about sexual violence in Guatemala and the stories of some of the survivors of this growing epidemic. In Guatemala about 10,000 people are raped every year. Many people are afraid of leaving their homes and entering the streets due to the lack of security and high violence. The patients in the video speak about how they have been affected by the incident and how they sought treatment to eventually break through the cycle of fear they were living in.