The view of a new Bolivian president from El Alto
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Bolivia has been in political flux for the past year, but on October 18 the country saw a surprisingly successful election. The Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) candidate, Luis Arce, claimed an early victory with 52.4 percent of the vote. Carlos Mesa, the other leading candidate, quickly conceded stating, “It is up to us, as befits those of us who believe in democracy […] to recognize that there has been a winner in this election.”
President-elect Arce’s political history is neatly intertwined with former president Evo Morales. Arce was Finance Minister for the majority of the Morales administration, and it was Morales who endorsed Arce to head the MAS party’s 2020 ticket. Not only do these two political leaders have a shared history in government, they both have deep ties to the city of El Alto, a growing metropolis resting above La Paz, where Presiden
RDIF agrees to supply 2.6 million doses of Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to Bolivia RDIF 286 RDIF 31 December 2020 17:10 The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia s sovereign wealth fund) and the Health Supply Centre (Central de Abastecimiento y Suministros de Salud, CEASS) of the Plurinational State of Bolivia announce the agreement to supply the country with 2.6 million doses of Sputnik V, the world s first registered vaccine against coronavirus. The signing ceremony took place in a video-conference format today and the Constitutional President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, Vice President David Choquehuanca Céspedes, the Minister of Health and Sports of Bolivia, Edgar Pozo Valdivia, General Director of the CEASS, Victor Hugo Aguilar Frias, Deputy Director of the Latin American Departm
RDIF to supply 2.6 mln Sputnik V vaccine doses to Bolivia
MOSCOW. Dec 30 (Interfax) - The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) will supply 2.6 million doses of Russia s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to Bolivia, the fund said. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia s sovereign wealth fund) and the Health Supply Centre (Central de Abastecimiento y Suministros de Salud, CEASS) of the Plurinational State of Bolivia announce the agreement to supply the country with 2.6 million doses of Sputnik V, the world s first registered vaccine against coronavirus, RDIF said on Wednesday.
The agreement will make it possible to provide vaccine to over 20% of the population of the country. The vaccine for export will be produced by RDIF s international partners in India, China, South Korea, and other countries.
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On Friday, December 11, the Global Development Policy (GDP) Center co-hosted a webinar with the South Centre on ‘Guaranteeing Access to Medicines: Reforming Trade and Investment Treaties in the COVID-19 Era,’ featuring Carlos Correa, Executive Director of the South Centre; Mustaqeem de Gama, Counsellor at the South Africa World Trade Organization (WTO) Mission; Dr. Martin Howell Friede, Unit Lead on Vaccine Research in the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologics, World Health Organization (WHO); Yousuf Vawda, Professor & Senior Research Associate at the University of Kwazulu-Natal School of Law; and Deborah Gleeson, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University. The webinar was moderated by GDP Center Director, Kevin P. Gallagher.