Colombia, historically the most obedient US client regime in Latin America, is joining the Belt and Road Initiative!
Colombia, historically the most obedient US client regime in Latin America, is joining the Belt and Road Initiative!
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ELI5?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative
They're gonna accept money from China in exchange for favorable trade deals.
Nice username
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If it amounts to anything, Colombia will get infrastructure projects and we will get salty WAPO opeds
Tankies gota tank.
Yes, "tankies" do have a tendency to step in and develop third world nations after ages of languishing under colonialism.
That china will own and use as leverage for later ‘fuck you over’ deals. Go read how well it’s all working out in Africa right now. Short version: china doesn’t build shit for anyone but china and there will be a clause that they ‘own’ it all.
Uncle Bill is worried because it's not the only one doing this
"Go read" the Hudson Institute? RAND? What will the first page of Google bestow upon the next challenger?