The facility’s colonial mindset is an ever-present reminder that “aid is dead,” writes Suhail Omar.
COVAX Isn’t Africa’s Silver Bullet
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COVAX Rollout Accelerating in Africa
The continent is in the throes of a third wave of the pandemic and a WHO official said the rise in shipments shines a “light at the end of the tunnel that must not be snuffed out again.”
The Silence of ‘Global Music’ About Vaccine Apartheid
It’s shameful that the music industry has not uttered a collective word of protest about rich, primarily Western countries hoarding doses, writes Vik Sohonie.
Cuba’s Vaccine & the Five Monopolies that Rule the World
Trends suggest that many countries will not see significant enough numbers of their population vaccinated before 2023, writes Vijay Prashad.
The Spirit of Carabobo Versus the Threats of Monroe
Simón Bolívar wrote that the United States “seemed predestined by Providence to plague Americas with miseries in the name of liberty,” Vijay Prashad reminds us.
COVID-19: Venezuela Says COVAX Payments Blocked
The country’s vice president says access to the program is being disrupted and calls it a crime.
COVID-19: Brazil & the Need for a ‘New Solidarity’
Brazilian health expert Margareth Dalcolmo says Covid-19-induced mortality has a social component that cannot be ignored — people are dying because they are poor.
COVID-19: A Vaccine That Was Hijacked by the Rich
Some of world’s most affluent nations, including the U.S., Canada and the U.K., seem to have cornered most of the supplies, writes Thalif Deen.
COVID-19: Vaccine Apartheid
An every-country-for-itself approach is irrational during a pandemic, writes Jayati Ghosh. And yet, that is exactly what many countries have done.