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Carina Vance Mafla is the former minister of public health in Ecuador. She writes for Al Jazeera on how the global health model failed Latin America and the Global South more broadly during the pandemic and considers alternatives. When the COVAX initiative was set up by rich countries and international organisations, it promised to purchase […]
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It’s nice that Latin America is moving the right way on reproductive justice. That this is happening at the same time that a tiny of group of far-right Catholic extremists take over the American Supreme Court is the irony of ironies. But maybe we can send American women to Mexico or Colombia to save their […]
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Global Governance in 2020

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On April 15, 2020
What a time to be alive: In Afghanistan, the Taliban has dispatched health teams to far-flung provinces to confront the coronavirus. In Mexico, drug cartels are offering aid packages to those feeling its economic impact. In Brazil and El Salvador, gangs enforce curfews to prevent its spread. As governments around the world have responded to […]
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Hillary and Honduras

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On December 23, 2015
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign posted a silly “7 Things Hillary Has in Common with Your Abuela” to appeal to Latinos. It was kind of pandering. So naturally a #NotMyAbuela Twitter campaign began. And whatever. This is just a Tuesday on Twitter. But those on the left doing this brought up her role with the 2009 […]
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