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Between 1961 and 1971 the United States sprayed about 73 million litres of chemical defoliant, primarily Agent Orange, across the Republic of Vietnam. In the aftermath of the war, veterans in both Australia and the United States seized on their exposure to Agent Orange as a way of explaining the health issues that had plagued them since the end of the conflict. What followed was decades of bitter struggle, as veterans pitted their lived experience against government insistence that no scientific evidence existed to back their claims.
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An Oregon advisory committee is considering a “disadvantage index” to fight “systemic racism” through the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
The committee met Thursday to discuss possible strategies in prioritizing at-risk communities for COVID-19 vaccines and recommended the usage of a “disadvantage index,” which contains more than a dozen measures such as occupation, income, education level, pre-existing conditions and vehicle ownership, the Associated Press reported.
The committee’s recommendation would be part of the state’s wider battle against “systemic racism” by prioritizing “black, indigenous and people of color” (BIPOC) for vaccinations, the committee said.
The designated risk criteria also include certain occupations, living conditions and other groups experiencing “health inequities,” the committee said.
COLOMBIAN President Ivan Duque was central to an attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government, according to a woman detained in Bogota last year in connection with gun smuggling.
Yacsy Alvarez insists that Mr Duque knew all the details of the plot, codenamed Operation Gideon, against his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro.
Speaking from La Picalena prison in the central city of Ibague, she explained that she was working with Colombian intelligence services who supported the coup attempt foiled by Venezuela’s armed forces on May 3 last year.
“I was always in contact with National Intelligence Directorate officials. They were aware of Gideon Operation, they knew everything,” Ms Alvarez claimed.