This propaganda is insanely misleading. The USA created a bipartisan neocolonial "new model" in Ecuador (Biden's admin wants to use too), claiming to "save" it from Chinese debt by paying it in exchange for Ecuador selling the US its infrastructure and oil https://ft.com/content/affcc432-03c4-459d-a6b8-922ca8346c14
Ecuador's former elected leftist govt made deals with China to develop the country (which the IMF never does)
Ecuador's current right-wing puppet regime just signed a deal that will help the USA force China out, while private US banks will buy up Ecuador's infrastructure and oil
Ecuador's current right-wing puppet regime just signed a deal that will help the USA force China out, while private US banks will buy up Ecuador's infrastructure and oil
The US govt's neocolonial finance arm the Development Finance Corporation is working with US banks to "eject China from Latin America" by strong-arming countries to sell off their assets, while claiming to "save" them from much more favorable deals with China
So cynical and vile
So cynical and vile
This neocolonial "novel model" will enrich US banks by selling off state assets and enforce neoliberal austerity policies while also advancing the new cold war by pushing China out of Latin America.
The Biden admin plans to copy the Trump admin's strategy. Bipartisan imperialism
The Biden admin plans to copy the Trump admin's strategy. Bipartisan imperialism
These agreements China has with Global South countries are much more favorable to the borrower than the harsh US-backed IMF loans that demand austerity
Ironically FT published research dispelling the US imperialist talking point of the "Chinese debt trap" https://www.ft.com/content/0b207552-6977-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d
Ironically FT published research dispelling the US imperialist talking point of the "Chinese debt trap" https://www.ft.com/content/0b207552-6977-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d
China has renegotiated $50 billion in loans with Global South countries, with extensions, refinancing, and even debt forgiveness, often "resolved in favour of the borrower"
This research debunks the hypocritical debt-trapping Western imperialists warning of a "Chinese debt trap"
This research debunks the hypocritical debt-trapping Western imperialists warning of a "Chinese debt trap"