US Embassy Denies 8 Year Old AIDS Victim Visa
Having AIDS is the only impediment an 8 year old girl has from living her dream of visiting Mickey Mouse.

Newspapers have been banned publishing the name or fotos of the little girl, by all appearances is a normal eight year old, who was infected with AIDS by her parents who then abandoned her.

The little girl's dream is to visit Disneyland, however, the United States Embassy in Costa Rica continues to deny her a visa. Her first request was denied, as well as the second.

The Embassy explains that it is a U.S. policy not to grant a visa to any person who has AIDS.

The visa application does not ask the question if the applicant has AIDS and the Embassy would never know unless the applicant is forthcoming with the information and is then denied, such as the case of the little girl.

Efforts to sway Embassy officials have so far failed. The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica has been known in the past to move heaven and earth to help out in cases on humanitarian grounds. However, it is staying firm in this case, only saying it will send a letter to the U.S. government.

The little girl and her adoptive family are holding on to an answer.