Editorial
They came for us
Recent revelations by whistleblower Dawn Wooten, exposed that at ICE detention centers, doctors have been performing hysterectomies on unsuspecting patients. Her revelations, while appalling and detestable, are not surprising to me. I’ve seen this before. I know this movie well. It’s like The Ten Commandments playing on television during Good Friday, I know what happens next. I can quote this story line for line.
As a Latin American History scholar, I’ve spent many years familiarizing myself with people like Cornelius Rhoads, a former US Army doctor and hospital administrator who was oversaw racist and barbaric human experimentation projects. I have learned about forced sterilizations on colonial islands through documentaries like La Operación. I’ve combed through the published studies of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment on African American males who were injected with syphilis. I am well aware of the medical community’s penchant for using people in Africa to conduct clinical trials for prescription drugs.
Puntorojo: first anniversary and relaunch
With this issue of Puntorojo, we celebrate our one-year anniversary and announce the re-launch of our magazine and our new Patreon page. We want to take this opportunity to thank our earliest supporters! We encourage you to follow us on social media, reflect on what we have published and accomplished, and join with us as we grow and take Puntorojo Magazine in new directions. With this issue of Puntorojo, we celebrate our one-year anniversary and announce the re-launch of our magazine and our new Patreon page. We want to take this opportunity to thank our earliest supporters! We encourage you and new supporters to follow us on social media, reflect on what we have published and accomplished over the first year, and join with us as we grow and take Puntorojo Magazine in new directions.
