China in Latin America: Speak Softly and Spend Freely
Can Donald Trump’s corollary to James Monroe and Teddy Roosevelt’s Latin American policies counter China’s more patient and better-funded approach across the region?
Illustration by Sam Ward
After Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez died of cancer in 2013, his successor and former foreign minister Nicolás Maduro drove the country further into economic despair and authoritarian capture.
Many citizens voted with their feet. From 2014 to 2024, nearly eight million Venezuelans fled what had become a failed state. Despite sitting on the biggest oil reserves in the world, the Venezuelan economy shrunk by over 75 percent between 2013 and 2021, according to the IMF. It was the largest peace
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