Heine Participates in Panel on COVID Vaccines in Latin America
On May 24, 2021, Ambassador Jorge Heine, Research Professor at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, participated in an Atlantic Council webinar – “Race to vaccinate: Chinese vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean” – during which he discussed China’s vaccine diplomacy and what it means for Chinese-Latin American relations.
Heine was joined on the panel featuring Dr. Frank C. S. Anthony, Minister of Health, Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Melanie Chen, Board Director, Atlantic Council; Jennifer Bouey, Senior Policy Researcher, Tang Chair in China Policy Studies, RAND Corporation; and Ernesto Londoño, Brazil Bureau Chief, The New York Times.
Panelists explored questions surrounding regional perceptions of China’s vaccine-related efforts, the implications for the Biden-Harris Administration in its plans to partner with the region in its COVID-19 recovery, and whether vaccine access is a new area of geopolitical competition between the United States and China.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
An article in La Politica Online – “China ha demostrado ser ágil en la entrega de vacunas” (“China has proven to be nimble in delivering vaccines”)– covers Heine’s remarks at the Atlantic Council webinar and can be read online.
Ambassador Jorge Heine is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007) and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government. Read more about Ambassador Heine on his Pardee School faculty profile.