by Alicia Gómez | Jul 3, 2018 | Noticias
The Asian giant is taking advantage of other powers’ lack of interest in the region The Economist WHILE Donald Trump was in Davos last week trying to persuade the global plutocracy that “America First” does not mean “America alone”, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi,...
by Alicia Gómez | Jul 3, 2018 | Noticias
Brinknews By Matt Ferchen Much has been made of China’s growing commercial and diplomatic relationship with Latin America. Some have warned that China is replacing the United States as the region’s most important partner. Yet this emerging conventional wisdom ignores...
by Alicia Gómez | Feb 7, 2018 | Noticias
Fuente: greenpeace.org Deforestation in Colombia has increased 44% since 2015, despite the government’s Paris commitment to reach net zero by 2020. Twenty-five Colombian youths – one as young as seven – are suing the government for failing to protect the...
by Alicia Gómez | Feb 7, 2018 | Noticias
Font: washingtonpost.com This past week, China held its second ministerial meeting with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago, Chile. There China announced plans to have the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), its flagship economic and...
by Alicia Gómez | Jan 15, 2018 | Noticias
Fuente: mercopress.com In a Spanish-language opinion piece in one of the nation’s largest newspapers, Chinese Ambassador to Argentina Yang Wanming urged Latin American nations to increase trade ties to...