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 Facebook // Level Ground Facebook
See below for additional FB pages event will stream on.
Wednesday 24 March, 7-8pm GMT
Event organised by Alborada and Level Ground. Supported by Brasil Wire
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