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A nurse assistant prepares a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19
OFFICIALS in Venezuela warned today that the US blockade against the South American country is hindering its ability to obtain coronavirus vaccines.
Sanctions imposed by Donald Trump’s administration have effectively blocked Venezuela from the world banking system, limiting the country’s ability to pay for supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the Covax scheme.
Pan American Health Organisation (Paho) spokesman in Venezuela Paolo Balladelli confirmed that Venezuela has access to Covax.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
The global left must be unwavering in it is support for Venezuela as Washington increases its aggression, and clear-eyed about the West’s cynical motives for targeting it, says CLAUDIA WEBBE
