quetzals. He has not suffered from opportunistic diseases, and has not undergone genotype
and phenotype testing. He does not receive nutritional support. He used to take one hour to
travel from his home to Coatepeque. At times, there are insufficient drugs for three months
and he is only given one month’s supply. He worked in a factory in the capital, but stopped
working owing to his physical deterioration due to the infection. He subsequently returned
to Coatepeque and works in agriculture.310
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His family unit consists of his wife Irma Leticia Vicente Morales, his daughter Leticia
Yamilet Cancinos Vicente, his son César Antonio Cancinos Vicente, his father Demecio
Rogelio Cancinos Díaz, and his mother Macedonia Gómez Oxlaj311.
B.10. Aracely Cinto
50.
Mrs. Cinto was born on March 31, 1970, in the municipality of Pajapita, department
of San Marcos, Guatemala, where she currently resides. She attended first year of primary
school. She was diagnosed with HIV in 1994 in the Tecún Umán Health Center, department
of San Marcos, but her condition as a person with HIV was confirmed in Coatepeque. From
1994 to 2005 she was treated by the Red Cross. Afterwards, MSF’s Proyecto Vida provided
her with medical care, and finally she was transferred to Clinic No. 12 of the Coatepeque
National Hospital, where she began to receive antiretroviral treatment in 2009. At that time
there was a sufficient supply of drugs. She has undergone CD4 counts (3) and viral load
tests irregularly, but has not been given the results. Mrs. Cinto indicated that she had not
suffered from any opportunistic infections. She works washing clothes and selling ice cream
and attends self-help groups. She also indicated that, because the clinic she attends is very
small, all the people who go to it point them out and refer to them as the “sidosos” which
upset her.312
51.
Her family unit consists of her mother María Teresa de Maldonado Cinto, her sons
Leonel Celestino Mazariegos Cinto and Edwin Amílcar Maldonado Cinto, and her daughter
Gladys Francisca Mazariegos Cinto (deceased).313
B.11. Luis Rolando Cuscul Pivaral
52.
Mr. Cuscul Pivaral was born on January 12, 1968, in the municipality of Guatemala,
department of Guatemala, Guatemala. He lives in Villa Canales, department of Guatemala.
He was diagnosed on October 31, 1993, in the IGSS, where he indicated he had been
pointed out and made fun of by the medical personnel and his records indicated that he was
a “patient with AIDS.” He began antiretroviral treatment under MSF’s Proyecto Vida, in the
Roosevelt Hospital, in September 2000. He has undergone CD4 counts and viral load,
triglyceride, kidney and liver function tests. He has suffered from lipodystrophy, because he
was submitted to an experimental treatment before starting the antiretroviral treatment. He
has not contracted related or opportunistic diseases. He has not undergone genotype
310
Birth certificate of César Noé Cancinos Gómez (evidence file, folio 12816); Affidavit prepared by César Noé
Cancinos Gómez on March 25, 2017 (evidence file, folios 11581, 11582 and 11583), and the petitioners’ brief of
August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folio 827).
The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1363), and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folios 12768 and 12769).
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Birth certificate of Aracely Cinto (evidence file, folio 12806); Affidavit prepared by Aracely Cinto on March
25, 2017 (evidence file, folios 11562, 11564, 11566, 11567 and 11569), and the petitioners’ brief of August 7,
2009 (evidence file, folio 828).
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The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1363); and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12769).
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