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The Military and Great Powers: The Latest From Latin America, Part 2

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The Response to the War in Ukraine

Vaccine diplomacy was a big thing during the last three years up until Pfizer vaccine arrived in Latin America. Russia and China, they became increasingly important during the pandemic. And interestingly, when the war broke in Ukraine, many people sided with Russia in part because of the efforts to give vaccinesDuring the pandemic,. So the presence of China, and then we might get to this other point, but it's not just economic. There was a lot of soft power and vaccine diplomacy that helped to increase that presence in the last couple of years.

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