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I’m Francisca from Chile and I met Justin on October 15th on the…

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I’m Francisca from Chile and I met Justin on October 15th on the 2011 World Tour.   First of all, I’ve never seen the craziness over tickets because of Justin. The page to buy tickets on the internet failed. My cousin and I were in line for hours waiting to buy a ticket in the store and we couldn’t cause they had to close, every girl cried, we were all disappointed. The next day I was trying on the internet and finally I got the tickets to see Justin in concert. We were so happy. Days later, a contest was announced by a record label where you could meet Justin. I signed up for my sister, my cousins and I, just once. My cousins didn’t even want to enter the contest cause they thought they’d never win. I said “Justin says never say never, you’re beliebers, right? So come on, there’s always a chance.” On Thursday (the concert was on Saturday), I was in a chemistry laboratory and my cell phone was ringing and ringing, it was an strange number. I asked the teacher to go out so I called the number back and a guy told me that I was one of the two girls that won a M&G with Justin! I was shaking, I always thought that one of us could win and it was me. The day of the concert, I had to go to a specific place with other winners (Bieber fever, radios…) and we had to wait about 2 hours. Then a guy with a list started to give the wristbands. While I was waiting, I saw Kenny, Scooter, Alfredo and the dancers. Was my turn to enter with four more girls, I was the first one of my group. I saw Justin sitting on a chair without moving, it was like a  mannequin . He was so unreal. First I thought that was a wax figure but then it was started to moved and I was in front of him. He stood up and I hugged him so tight. His hair was so blond and delicate, his face pale, he was like a little angel. I said to him that I love him and it seems he said “I know.” Then a bodyguard pulled me out so Justin could say “Hi” to the other girls. Then I took a seat (I’m the first one in the picture) and I realized that Justin’s hand was on my left shoulder, I couldn’t stop staring at him and then I looked at the photographer and he took the picture. We had to go but I had to give to Justin a gift. I said, “I brought you a little flag”, and Justin stretched his hand and I gave him the little flag. Then a bodyguard pulled me out (again) cause I was the last one girl and there were more people to come in.  Excerpt from: I’m Francisca from Chile and I met Justin on October 15th on the…

I’m Francisca from Chile and I met Justin on October 15th on the…

HIV-positive Women in Chile forcibly Sterilized & Abused

Hours after Francisca gave birth to her first child, a midwife came into the recovery room and bluntly informed her that she would never have children again. She had been sterilized, unknowingly, during her cesarean delivery. Francisca was HIV-positive and only 21.She woke up with a healthy, HIV-negative baby boy, and sterile. She was diagnosed with HIV during routine exams early into her pregnancy in 2002. Throughout her pregnancy no one in the local hospital counseled her on what it meant to be HIV-positive, the potential risks of transmission to her baby or the possibility of sterilization, claims Francisca, which is not her real name because of stigma assocaited with HIV. “As I was about to give birth, the nurse scolded me, telling me I was irresponsible for having gotten pregnant with HIV, and asking why I hadn’t aborted. It was horrible,” she said. “Today women with HIV can decide if they want a normal delivery or a cesarean, depending on their condition. But many women, especially in rural areas, don’t know that. Doctors tell them their babies will be HIV-positive if they don’t undergo a cesarean, and they won’t do the cesarean if the women don’t agree to sterilization. That’s how they scare women,” said Sara Araya, head of the women's department at Vivo Positivo. Cases documented in 'Dignity Denied' reveal that some doctors and nurses were shockingly misinformed about even the methods of HIV transmission, inaccurately advising mothers to use separate eating utensils and bathrooms, misguidedly directing them not to touch their babies – or refusing to touch the women themselves – and, as in Francisca's case, coercing or forcing them to get sterilised. Government health officials did not respond to repeated requests for interviews. Coercive and forced sterilizations against HIV-positive women have also been reported in Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, South Africa and Namibia. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/chile/101028/forced-sterilization-hiv-aids http://reproductiverights.org/en/feature/dignity-denied-violations-of-the-rights… added by: rebelution07