Day: June 9, 2023
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US used vaccines to force Philippines into allowing military bases in the country
In this June 5, 2023 article for The Manila Times, journalist Rigoberto Tiglao exposes how the United States used vaccine diplomacy to prevent the scrapping of the controversial Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). Tiglao cites an interview given by Jose “Babe Romualdez, Jr., the Philippines Ambassador to the US to Richard Heydarian of Asia Times. According…
