"La comisión ha mostrado algunos detalles de la mala gestión de la pandemia", dijo Brian Winter de AS/COA a El Comercio.
Despite a strong vaccination campaign and early mitigation success, Uruguay is facing a fierce surge in cases.
"Una cosa es tener un contrato, y otra tener las vacunas", dijo Carin Zissis de AS/COA a Associated Press.
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay, which recognize Taipei over Beijing, are among the few countries in the region not receiving Chinese vaccines.
Leaders from the private and public sectors called for creativity and collaboration in Latin America's pandemic recovery.
The United States has a blind spot in recognizing the risk of letting China and Russia take ground in the region, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Washington Post.
The only way to recapture ground would be to overwhelm the region with generosity in combating the pandemic, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to the Associated Press.
