Coronavirus Forces Aid Organizations To Improvize
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International aid workers are having a tremendously difficult time doing their jobs due to all the travel bans around the world and other quarantine measures․ In the face of the coronavirus, though, they are needed more than ever before․

A Stalled Global Vaccine Drive: The West's Greed Could Come Back To Haunt It
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A global initiative was launched to ensure that poorer countries would also have fair access to vaccines for the coronavirus once they were developed․ Instead, the West is panic-buying the available stocks – and that could be devastating, politically, economically and in terms of human lives․

Digital Education: Why Uruguay's Schoolchildren Are Doing So Well in the Pandemic
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Every child gets a laptop from the state, along with online teaching material and animated school books: Uruguay shows how it's done when it comes to digital education․

Ex-President Lula on Brazil's Corona Disaster: "It's the Biggest Genocide in Our History"
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In an interview, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the country's current leader, Jair Bolsonaro, shares blame for the country's 300,000 coronavirus deaths in one year․ He is calling on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders to join forces to make vaccines a public good․

Two Billion Vaccine Doses for 190 Countries: Inside COVAX’s Mission to Save the World
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The World Health Organization has launched the biggest vaccination campaign in human history, with the aim of distributing doses to 190 countries and limiting the risk of dangerous mutations․ But the project is a race against time․

Former FARC Guerillas Find New Calling in Life as Farmers in Colombia
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In a commune that one psychologist calls “the jewel of the reintegration process,” former guerillas in Colombia have set up an avocado farm with global aspirations․ Despite initial success, they are haunted by the ongoing threat of violence and death․

"I Want To Be with My Mom": Stories of Children Trapped at the U․S․ Border
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Thousands of unaccompanied minors from Latin America are trying to make their way to the United States, where their parents have already arrived․ But their dream often ends when they arrive at the border․ Two children share the stories of their journey․

Criminalizing the Sick: Argentina's Authoritarian Corona Regime
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The Argentinian province of Formosa is pursuing an authoritarian approach to the coronavirus pandemic․ Those suspected of infection were being seized and locked away in overcrowded quarantine centers․ Meanwhile, the province's official infection numbers are likely untrustworthy․

Bianca Jagger on State-Sponsored Violence in Nicaragua: "They Would Shoot at the Throat and the Head to Murder the Protesters"
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Human rights activist Bianca Jagger is heavily critical of the president of her homeland, Nicaragua․ "Daniel Ortega is a murderous dictator," she says, adding that she doesn't believe he will ever hold free elections․

Redistributing Mafia Assets: The Palaces and Ruins of the Drug Bosses
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Mafiosi and drug bosses have changed the face of cities around the world with their massive villas․ Now, these assets are being confiscated in Italy, Berlin and Mexico and given back to the people․