With two vaccines in the final trial phase, Cuba plans to ramp up domestic and international distribution.
“It undermines the message that Cuba is a broadly authoritarian country," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Washington Post.
Despite having the highest vaccination rate in Latin America, the country faces lockdown as a third wave of infections hits.
Latinoamérica ha dejado en evidencia la voluntad de relacionarse de manera más amplia con Rusia y China, dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA a Associated Press.
It is in the United States’ national interest to provide vaccines to Western Hemisphere countries, particularly Mexico, say AS/COA's chairman, chairmen emeriti, and president and CEO.
“One would hope that as vaccinations are reaching certain thresholds…we do find a way somehow to be very generous,” said the AS/COA vice president.
Amid global demand for doses, AS/COA Online charts the region’s progress when it comes to immunizing citizens against the coronavirus.