By ADRIANA BRASILEIRO | The Miami Herald | Published: March 1, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. MIAMI (Tribune News Service) Latin Americans were already angry at how their leaders have mismanaged efforts to fight the pandemic. Now, a series of scandals dubbed vaccinegate in which politicians have jumped the shot line has sparked fury that will likely drive voter sentiment as a new electoral cycle starts in the region this year. This isn t just about revelations of bribery, kickbacks and peddling; this is about life and death, said Michael Touchton, associate professor of political science at the University of Miami. The masses won t forget and they will go to the polls thinking about these scandals.
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