Unfortunately, the United States — with a concerned eye on China — seems itching to start one.
The People’s Republic of China is not merely after Latin America’s abundant natural resources, she argued, or simply focused on the isolation of Taiwan. Its investments in deepwater ports, space infrastructure and cyber facilities could become “points of future multi-domain access” for the Chinese military, allowing China to project power in choke points such as the Panama Canal, monitor and track U.S. forces and even improve its nuclear targeting.
Still, Richardson’s opinion matters. She has become one of the most visible U.S. officials in Latin America, often on tour to meet top-ranking civilian and military leaders in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Brazil and Argentina.What’s more, her mistrust of China’s intentions is by now broadly shared beyond the U.S. military. Civilians in Washington are not happy about thewith a Chinese company to manufacture Chilean passports and IDs after officials from the U.S.
The Cold War model is something the region would rather avoid. From the Alliance for Progress proposed in the wake of the Cuban Revolution through support of the military coup against Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973 and the funding of contras fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the mid-1980s, Washington’s sole objective in Latin America was to prevent it from falling into the embrace of the Soviet Union.The demise of the U.S.S.R.
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