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New documents show that the US government pressured Brazil not to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19, while secret cables have revealed that the UK government lobbied neo-fascist president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro on behalf of AstraZeneca. We discuss vaccine imperialism in Latin America.

Speakers:

:: John McEvoy (Journalist)

:: Nathalia Urban (Journalist)

Chaired by Pablo Navarrete (Alborada/Level Ground)

This event will be streamed live between 7pm and 8pm on the following social media channels:

Alborada YouTube

Alborada Facebook // Level Ground Facebook

See below for additional FB pages event will stream on.

Alborada Twitter 

Wednesday 24 March, 7-8pm GMT

Event organised by Alborada and Level Ground. Supported by Brasil Wire

Please consider a £5 (≈US$6.8) donation to help us cover the costs of hosting this meeting. Donations of any amount greatly appreciated – thank you!

Background articles by speakers:

Washington pressured Brazil not to buy ‘malign’ Russian vaccine

“Strategic Partners”: Britain’s secret lobbying of Bolsonaro for Big Pharma, Oil and Mining

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Additional FB pages the event will stream on:

https://www.facebook.com/BrasilWire/posts/4201891249845739 https://www.facebook.com/BrazilSolidarityInitiative/posts/1645313665678314  https://www.facebook.com/TheCanaryUK/posts/4037773029594793  https://www.facebook.com/teleSUREnglish/posts/2420686644741390 https://www.facebook.com/DemocracyforBrasilUK/posts/1511742485690426 https://www.facebook.com/KawsachunNews/posts/278328003861144 https://www.facebook.com/ima.press/posts/2993818994171818 https://www.facebook.com/ceasefiremagazine/posts/3862425933814409 https://www.facebook.com/indestructiblepod/posts/165415235414390

https://www.facebook.com/LabourFriendsofProgressiveLatinAmerica/posts/2725854457725754

https://www.facebook.com/VenSolidarity/posts/4081475931865079

https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/video-covid-19-vaccine-imperialism-latin-america