It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.
In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world`s poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.
I`ve been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully.
It was apparent from the early 80s that in order to do something lasting and significant in Haiti we would need a springboard in the States.
