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A time for serious reflection and careful observation

“Children are vaccinated as soon as they are born,” said Ania Ramírez, 33, collecting her fully vaccinated son, Fabio, age five, from school. “If he’s already got all the other vaccines, why wouldn’t I put this in him?”

Focus on national politics in Brazil, Chile, France, Honduras, Libya and Turkey, and saving the planet

A year set for major upheavals all over

Victories in Chile and Honduras, bitter fights in Asia and Sudan, and more

OAS has always functioned as foreign policy arm of the imperial overreach of the United States government

A time for serious analysis, examination and history making

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Thanks to its public biotech sector and its government’s deep commitment to public health, Cuba is now the only low-income country to have made its own COVID vaccine, and it's poised to help millions around the world.

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