Roberto Jáuregui was an

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journalist, actor, and

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. Jáuregui was among the first people to contract HIV in Argentina, and the first to publicly disclose his condition. He was also the first General Coordinator of the Fundación Huésped, an Argentine public health organization which has prioritized

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awareness and treatment. His brother, Carlos Jáuregui, was also an activist for

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and related issues.

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In 1989, Jáuregui had contracted HIV, but did not have the money to pay for treatment. He publicly denounced the inequality of access to healthcare which he believed existed in Argentina at the time, bringing him into the public eye as an activist for

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and HIV/AIDS treatment. He appeared on the television show ''Hora Clave'' in 1993, where reporter

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asked Jáuregui to give him a hug, publicly debunking the misconception that physical touch alone can transmit HIV. During the program, when asked by a doctor about whether he was afraid of death, he replied ("And you, doctor, are you not afraid of death?") Jáuregui also appeared on the

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''Celeste'' to speak about living with HIV. This appearance was a result of

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's strategy of using

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s to educate about health issues. On January 13, 1994, Jáuregui died of AIDS complications.

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