China’s Growing Influence in Latin America: A Close Look at China-Cuba Relations
What are China’s strategic interests and involvement in Cuba and Latin America, and should the United States view them as national security concerns?
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Pivotal States: A New Era for U.S.-Brazil Relations?
Director of the Carnegie Endowment’s American Statecraft Program, Chris Chivvis, spoke with Margaret Myers, director of the Asia & Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, and Matias Spektor, Dialogue member, on Washington’s strategic alternatives in its relations with Brazil.
Myers Talks to NPR About China’s Engagement with Cuba
On June 21, Asia and Latin America Program Director Margaret Myers joined NPR’s All Things Considered podcast to discuss US concerns about China’s military and intelligence activities in Cuba.
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At a Crossroads: China’s Post-Pandemic Economic Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean
On May 24, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center co-hosted a webinar titled “At a Crossroads: China’s Post-Pandemic Economic Relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.” The event considered China’s dynamic and evolving economic engagement with the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, and drew upon new findings and data from the Inter-American Dialogue and the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
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Testimony to Senate Committee on Finance: Economic Cooperation for a Stronger and More Resilient Western Hemisphere
Testimony by Program Director Margaret Myers to the Senate Finance Committee on Economic Cooperation for a Stronger and More Resilient Western Hemisphere.
On India External Affairs Minister Jaishankar’s Visit to LAC: Q&A with Hari Seshasayee
Insights from India-Latin America relations expert Hari Seshasayee on External Minister Jaishankar’s trip to Guyana, Colombia, Panama, and the Dominican Republic.
Myers: “China is encountering all sorts of debt-related challenges globally, this includes in Latin America and the Caribbean … but also when you look at the numbers this is not specifically a one region phenomenon.”
On April 16, Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue spoke with Ada Derana English about new trends in Chinese overseas economic engagement.
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Myers: “Hemos visto la aceleración de inversiones en sectores…vistos en China como muy importantes para su propio crecimiento económico…”
El 14 de abril, Margaret Myers, directora del Programa de Asia y América Latina del Diálogo Interamericano, habló con Voz de America sobre tendencias en la relación entre China y América Latina.
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Myers: “In many ways, this was sort of a homecoming for Lula, and I think was envisioned as such.”
On April 13, Asia and Latin America Program Director Margaret Myers joined BBC News to discuss Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s trip to China.
Myers: “The rationale for cutting ties with Taiwan is mostly based on the expected benefits of direct agricultural and other trade with China…”
This week, Margaret Myers, director of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Asia and Latin America Program, spoke with Newsweek about the significance of upcoming presidential elections in Paraguay for the country’s relationship with Taiwan, and Taiwan’s relations with the LAC region more broadly.
“It’s Electric!”: China’s Power Play in Latin America
Margaret Myers wrote for the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Weekly Asado on Chinese companies’ continued investment in energy generation and transmission in the LAC region.
Myers: “We are seeing a rethinking of the ways in which China engages globally, whether in the financial realm or otherwise.”
In the newest episode of The China-Global South Project Podcast, Margaret Myers, director of the Asia and Latin America Program at the Inter-American Dialogue, considered new trends in Chinese economic engagement with the LAC region.
China’s Lending to Latin America and the Caribbean Begins Again with Smaller, Targeted Support
Margaret Myers and Rebecca Ray wrote for The China Global South Project on Chinese Finance to LAC in 2022.
Inter-American Dialogue China Loan Data Featured in Foreign Policy
On March 31, Foreign Policy cited the newly-released Inter-American Dialogue’s and Boston University Global Development Policy Center report on 2022 Chinese finance to LAC.
At a Crossroads: Chinese Development Finance to Latin America and the Caribbean, 2022
China’s development finance institutions demonstrated renewed interest in lending to LAC in 2022, issuing US$813 million in loans to three LAC governments or state institutions.