This article was originally published in Spanish by Nueva Sociedad.
Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in the past year were often limited to unilateral actions, inhibiting coordination and deepening global asymmetries and inequalities. Debilitated multi-lateral health systems and geopolitical disputes between China and the United States contributed to these trends. The international health cooperation system is increasingly at the mercy of conflicting interests and disputes. It has proven ineffective in solving pressing problems of health and development. In Latin America, the increasing fragility of regional integration further limits the margin of action for countries during the pandemic.
The availability of Covid-19 vaccines is both a historic achievement, due to their rapid development, and the beginning of a new stage for the world. Countries must now design the logistics to acquire and distribute vaccines, while the disease continues to ravage much of the world. Europe is