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China’s Presence in Latin America

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Latin Americans still speak of the “China Boom” created by Beijing’s presence in the region from 2003 to 2013. Yet how is China’s assertive push for a continuing place in the region greeted today? Despite a lack of close geographic and cultural ties with China, do Latin American nations welcome this opportunity to diversify their economic partnerships? In this edition of ˻ֱ Center NOW we asked two ˻ֱ expert analysts, Benjamin Creutzfeldt and Jorge Heine, to put China’s presence in the region in perspective.

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
Latin America Program

How quickly are China’s economic and diplomatic relationships in Latin America growing? And does China’s growing regional profile have negative implications for the US? In this edition of ˻ֱ Center NOW we asked two ˻ֱ expert analysts, Benjamin Creutzfeldt and Jorge Heine, to put China’s presence in Latin American in perspective.

Guests

Jorge Heine
Jorge Heine
Former Global Fellow;
Research Professor, Boston University; Co-editor,  FIXING HAITI : MINUSTAH AND BEYOND. 
Benjamin Creutzfeldt
Benjamin Creutzfeldt
Fellow;
Visiting Professor, Sabana University (Bogota, Colombia) & Non-resident Fellow, SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University

Moderator

John Milewski
John Milewski
Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, ˻ֱ Center NOW

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

The Kissinger Institute works to ensure that China policy serves American long-term interests and is founded in understanding of historical and cultural factors in bilateral relations and in accurate assessment of the aspirations of China’s government and people.   Read more

Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Latin America Program

˻ֱ’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the ˻ֱ Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.   Read more

Latin America Program