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Southern Boy@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Colombia, historically the most obedient US client regime in Latin America, is joining the Belt and Road Initiative!

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Colombia, historically the most obedient US client regime in Latin America, is joining the Belt and Road Initiative!

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Southern Boy@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21080081

https://xcancel.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1842789775968759982#m

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    ELI5?

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative

      They’re gonna accept money from China in exchange for favorable trade deals.

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        Nice username

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          Likewise

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      If it amounts to anything, Colombia will get infrastructure projects and we will get salty WAPO opeds

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          Yes, “tankies” do have a tendency to step in and develop third world nations after ages of languishing under colonialism.

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          Uncle Bill is worried because it’s not the only one doing this

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          “Go read” the Hudson Institute? RAND? What will the first page of Google bestow upon the next challenger?

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