Brazilian Enlightenment

An AIDS Red Ribbon on the famous Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil will begin putting condom-dispensing machines in public schools. "The health and education ministries and the United Nations sponsored a nationwide contest for students to design the dispenser." The machines will be installed in 100 schools in 2008, which sounds like a very small start for a country the size of Brazil - but maybe it's a test run.

"Brazil provides free AIDS drugs to anyone who needs them and has aggressively pushed drug manufacturers to lower prices."