Commentary
While the world has focused on the war in Ukraine—and before that, the pandemic, Beijing’s crushing of Hong Kong, the situation in the Middle East, and other big events—China has been steadily replacing U.S. influence in Latin America.
The consequences are not just limited to trade, economic, and market issues, although those are all certainly important. Beijing’s Latin American relationships are also quite strategic in nature.
One would imagine that given the U.S. influence in Europe and the Mideast is waning, preserving our own regional influence and security would be on our list of things to do. So, too, might doing everything possible to blunt our adversary’s strategic moves so close to home.
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