China tightens stranglehold on Latin America
and Caribbean... as Biden dithers: Generals
warn that Beijing has built a SPACE STATION
in Argentina that could blind US, signed
21 countries up to trade pact and bought
key ports on Panama Canal
Posted By: Imright, 5/14/2023 4:31:46 PM
As headlines about the frosty relationship between China and the United States are dominated by spy balloons, Taiwan and botched attempts at diplomacy, commanders in the Pentagon are increasingly worried by a more insidious threat: Beijing's growing stronghold on Latin America. From tens of billions of dollars in funding for key infrastructure projects across the region to its own secretive, military-run space station in Argentina that could target American satellites, China's presence has grown. Some 21 countries in Latin America are signed up to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative - a defining policy introduced by President Xi Jinping in 2013
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