China continues with its “relentless march” to influence Latin America and the Caribbean and, without US leadership, could exercise “predatory influence” as in Africa, the head of the United States Southern Command said on Tuesday.
China, “our long-term strategic competitor, continues its relentless march to expand economic, diplomatic, technological, information and military influence in Latin America and the Caribbean, and challenges the influence of the United States in all these areas,” the statement declared. General Laura Richardson.
“Without our leadership, the negative influence of the People’s Republic of China in this region could soon resemble the selfish predatory influence it now has in Africa,” he told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). ).
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To counter China’s growing influence, the US House of Representatives approved a bill in February that contains a section on Latin America and the Caribbean.
In this text, the Congress estimates that Chinese military training programs, arms sales and space activities in the region have an impact on the strategic interests of the United States and ensures that Beijing exports its model of internal security and control of society. through advanced technology and artificial intelligence.
This is not counting the disbursement of billions of dollars in the energy sector and in loans, says the bill, in which China is accused of trying to shape public opinion through exchanges between peoples, cultural activities, educational programs and the development of information initiatives with a global reach.
In 2013, China launched the “New Silk Roads” project with the aim of improving trade links between Asia, Europe and Africa, but it also includes the construction of ports, railways, airports and industrial zones.
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At the moment it has already signed agreements with about 150 countries and, according to the Ministry of Commerce, Chinese companies invested more than 20,000 million dollars (17,400 million euros) in 2021 in projects related to the New Silk Roads.
China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, is the first or second trading partner of many Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is Africa’s largest trading partner and the fourth largest investor on this continent. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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