USA apologizes for unethical research in Guatemala

USA apologizes for intentionally infecting Guatemalans with STD, including syphilis, in an unethical “research” in the 1940s. In 2010, the then President of the United States, Barack Obama, called Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom to apologize for the research carried out by the American Public Health Service between 1946 and 1948. During the study, people in Guatemala were intentionally infected with sexually transmitted diseases.