Foreign Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Yes, that's correct. There was not enough political will for the compulsory licence that would have allowed Bolivia to have 15 million doses of vaccines. Biolyse Pharma was ready to produce them. We had a contract signed with t

Foreign Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Thank you very much. We began the compulsory licence process, which is part of the multilateral norm, with TRIPS. TRIPS foresees this type of global crisis, this type of emergency, so there is the compulsory licence process an

Foreign Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Thank you very much for the questions. We received vaccines from various sources. In January 2021, we started receiving vaccines from Russia and China. We did this through a bilateral agreement with the heads of state concerne

Foreign Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Thank you very much for the question. We received many of the vaccines through COVAX, which redistributes the vaccines provided. We received direct supplies of vaccines from any countries that offered them. We have not receive

Foreign Affairs committee  [Member spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Thank you very much for the question. COVID vaccines must be public goods. As we have said, however, these treatments have become commercial products. Of course, the laboratories gave priority to countries that could pay, sin

Foreign Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Spanish, interpreted as follows:] Good morning, distinguished members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the House of Commons. I'd first like to thank you for this opportunity to speak, on behalf of my country, about