Denise Dresser: El Pais De Uno
China and Latin America
China’s emergence as an economic superpower poses special challenges (and opportunities) for the Americas. How do Beijing’s development, trade and geopolitical goals intersect with regional needs and priorities? How should the U.S. react? Our special section starts on page 50.
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52 Time for a Strategic Reset
ELIZABETH ECONOMY
Unless the leadership in Beijing changes course, it faces increasing isolation.
60 China’s Global Rise
LOWELL DITTMER
In the “new” developing world, China looks for trade partners—not revolutionary allies.
67 Force Projection
GABRIEL MARCELLAWhat is the Chinese military doing in Latin America?
70 charticle: The Fast Ramp-Up 74 Much in Common
RYAN BERGER
The economics of the China–Latin America relationship.
ZHANG MINGDE
A senior Shanghai scholar says China poses no threat to the region.
80 Memo to Washington
ERIC FARNSWORTH
U.S. complacency toward China’s economic activities in the hemisphere is shortsighted.
88photo essay: East Meets South
KEITH DANNEMILLER
Mexicans and Chinese learn, play and work together.
96 Competitor or Partner?
OSVALDO ROSALES
The impact of Chinese exports on four countries in the region.
104 Exporting Corruption
ARIEL ARMONY
China’s informal business culture finds a too-familiar environment in Latin America.
108 Chinese (Un)official Development Aid
MARTINVIEIRO
To a new relationship: Chilean President Sebastián Piñera (left) toasts his country’s number one trade partner.
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Is China’s assistance to developing countries undermining development?
113 Ask The Experts
Does China represent an economic and political threat to the U.S. in the hemisphere? Connie Mack, DonHanna, Luis Fleischman, and Minxin Pei respond.
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Back to the Future
MIKE MCDONALD
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The newly elected leaders of Guatemala and Nicaragua are familiar. So are the problems they face.
Panorama Agri-tourism in Central America, Guadalajara’sbook fair, South American Alpine Skiing Cup, good governance in Colombia, Ten Things To Do in Salvador, Brazil, and more.
Tongue in Cheek The best of the region’s political cartoons. Policy Update Luis Oganes on the importance of foreign exchange reserves. Gregory Elacqua on the impact of Chilean student protests. Ricardo Camargo Mendes on Brazil’s revived protectionist agenda.
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BARBARA KOTSCHWAR
Hard Talk Will the U.S.–Colombia FTA benefit Colombia? Kevin Gallagher and Gabriel Duque debate.
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Asia leads Latin America in infrastructure.
Media 1.5
SILVIO WAISBORD
New technology has expanded the media choices available to Latin Americans. But don’t expect it to usher in a new era of citizen engagement.
116 Dispatches from the Field: QuitoThe tragedy of Colombian refugees in Ecuador. Stephanie Leutert reports.
Just the Numbers You following me? The hemisphere’s twittering presidents and celebrities.
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in our The Economic and Political Dynamics of Social Inclusion: Social policy, representation, human next rights, economic growth, and race. Judith Morrison on Afro-Latinos; José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs on youth issue:unemployment; Marcelo Suárez-Orozco on immigration and mobility; plus heroes of social inclusion.
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Innovators/Innovations Colombian harpist Edmar Castañeda challenges musical conventions. Buscalibros transforms Latin America’s online book market. Pivot...
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