Democracy Now! 2021-04-09 Friday

As the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 560,000 and Brazil records over 4,200 deaths in a single day, we look at how Cuba has successfully fought the pandemic despite the U.S. embargo and is on track to release two new COVID-19 vaccines; How the pandemic has exacerbated inequality across the hemisphere; President Biden announces new executive actions to curb gun violence.

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