In Latin America, vaccine resistance efforts persist despite continued pressure for governments to vaccinate populations against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Low vaccination rates, in part, are the result of a history of forced sterilizations and unethical medical experimentation, which has created distrust of Western medical initiatives by indigenous populations. In Peru and Bolivia, indigenous women of the Andes endured forced sterilizations at the hands of both local government and foreign organizations. Stealing Reproductive Rights Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori sterilized 272,028 indigenous women, the majority without consent, from 1996 to 2001. Fujimori said his infamous “family planning” project was a means to give women the ability to make decisions without the burden of unplanned pregnancy. However, Peru’s human rights ombudsman’s office revealed in 2002 it was nothing more than a stratagem to control birth rates among poor, indigenous populations in order to fight off  “resource depletion” and “economic downturn.” Fujimori is currently serving a …