The US administration is endangering lives by reversing environmental protection laws, CHAUNCEY K ROBINSON argues
China plays a crucial role supporting progress and sovereignty in Latin America
by Carlos Martinez
A Chinese Sinopharm vaccine preparing for use in Peru
It’s time to stop retreating and go on the offensive to promote working-class interests, argues DOUG NICHOLLS
Marco Rubio wants to defeat socialism in Nicaragua, not restore ‘democracy,’ writes JOHN PERRY
Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working‑class Americans to deal with a housing shortage, writes ERAN BEN-JOSEPH
DIANE ABBOTT provides an analysis of the reasons for EU and British voters’ dramatic swing to the right
Train drivers’ union Aslef general secretary DAVE CALFE speaks to Ben Chacko about his hopes that Burnham’s devolution agenda will include the importance of the railway
IN THE last two decades, economic links between Latin America and the People’s Republic of China have been expanding at a dizzying rate.
Bilateral trade in 2000 was just $12 billion (1 per cent of Latin American’s total trade); now it stands at $315bn. In the same time period, China’s foreign direct investment in Latin America has increased by a factor of five.
Since the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, 19 of the 33 countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region have signed up to the China-led global infrastructure development strategy.
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