His former manager, Teresa Couto Pinto, has claimed that, prior to his death, Variações had received clinical test results performed in the United States confirming that he was indeed HIV-positive.
Seine ehemalige Managerin, Teresa Couto Pinto, behauptete, dass Variações vor seinem Tod klinische Test aus den Vereinigten Staaten erhalten habe, die belegen, dass er tatsächlich HIV-positiv war.