Former Colombian President Ivan Duque discusses the current economic and geopolitical situation in Latin America, focusing on rising Chinese and Russian influence and upcoming elections in Argentina.
Former Colombia President Ivan Duque recently sat down with Fox News Digital to discuss Latin American foreign policy, economics, the rise of Russian and Chinese influence in the region and his work on environmental initiatives. Duque, an attorney who represented Colombia at the Inter-American Development Bank before serving four years as a senator, won the 2018 presidential election, defeating current President Gustavo Petro and serving until 2022.
China has made no secret of its interest in developing its economic and strategic interests in the Western Hemisphere. 'We should have more American companies interested in developing strategic infrastructure in Latin America,' said Duque. Pivoting to Russia, Duque differentiates between the largely economic and geopolitical strategy of Beijing and the more nefarious machinations of Moscow.
When I have had to speak about policy, I've done it always in a constructive way… when I have seen that is important to raise red flags, I've also done so. But I think there's a big worry on multiple fronts,' he said. 'I think there's a clear deterioration in the security of the country in recent days, the National Association of Enterprises and companies sending… a very troubling letter to the president about the increase of robberies and piracy on the roads of Colombia.
Otherwise, it's going to be maybe grow 0.5% or something like that. And that's worrying, especially since we grew 10.7% in 2021 and 8.5% in 2022. So all these things generate a lot of concern.
Deforestation is also an issue in which Duque has emerged as a global leader. 'The Amazon has lost, in the last four decades, an area the equivalent to the size of France and Germany due to deforestation,' he explained, and without a change, 'it is going to be more difficult, and maybe impossible, for the world to reach our global NDCs by 2030, and to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
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