The Bankruptcy of the Models: Myths and Realities of AIDS in Brazil

The AIDS epidemic did not take Brazil by surprise. To the contrary, its coming was announced by many: physicians, scientists, journalists and politicians. The press, more or less following the international news columns, especially those of the United States, had been carrying important items on the subject since 1982. The prevailing mood at the time was one of perplexity tinged with a sense of the exotic.