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Nilsa Hernández, 61, tested positive for HIV 13 years ago. She began taking antiretroviral medications nine years later and received treatment without interruptions until the medicines suddenly became unavailable in Venezuela. In January 2018, she moved from Bolivar State to Brazil. “I want to live,” she said, and explained she would have left Venezuela earlier to get treatment but could not afford it.