MADRID, May 13 (IPS) – The writer is a journalist and managing editor of Armando.info, an investigative journalism site.While Western countries were busy with their own vaccination campaigns, Russia has filled the leadership vacuum in developing countries.
Amid the West’s scramble for vaccines, a trickle of news flies under the radar. Argentina becomes the first country in South America to produce Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. The first shipment of Sputnik V is promised to Peru by May.
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