SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Joe Biden’s win in the U.S. election is raising hopes in Latin America that a war over medical supplies at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak will not be repeated once vaccines are approved for use, Chile’s health minister told Reuters on Friday.Enrique Paris said he believed Biden’s leadership would allow for countries to present a more “united” front against the pandemic, avoiding the commercial battles by nations including the United States to secure ventilators, masks and personal protective equipment seen earlier this year. [nL8N2BR5O2] “There was a trade war in which those who could pay more got more and those who could take things out of or even rupture distribution chains did so,” Paris told Reuters in an interview in his downtown Santiago office. He said Chile had to charter or send military planes to pick up supplies and keep flight plans secret. “It was horrible and I hope it doesn’t happen again,” Paris said. “I believe that Mr. Biden has another vision of what is diplomacy and global understanding between countries.”