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The Future of the Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America

by Eric Olander

There’s growing anxiety in the United States over China’s expanding presence in the Latin America-Caribbean (LAC) region. Last week, a Congressional subcommittee held another breathless hearing that warned of the dangers of “Communism on our shores.”

That concern in Washington is based, in part, on surging Chinese trade with LAC countries, more investment, and a growing ideological alignment with Beijing’s worldview among many of the region’s largest countries.

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