Funny, but as an American I am not worried. China is about to completely collapse (but it will attack Russia just before it loses too many troops), as is maritime trade in the next few decades. The USA is going to fix up South America to be its production center, and the USA and Canada are going to be just fine financially etc. It's the rest of the world I am worried about. The Middle East is going to completely implode, as is North Africa. Europe is a backwater, and will continue to be so.
The reason we can be sure the Monroe Doctrine prevails ...at least in spirit... is due to the various organs of interamerican unity that exist. Most if not all of the countries China is trying to move in on are either Major Non Nato allies or member of the Rio defense pact with us or are members of the Organization of American States. Having some ties to China doesn't change that. Heck they're our biggest trading partner. Meanwhile China is enemies with all its neighbors.
@@Madferreiro Not really. The USA generally wants trade, and doesn't interfere for the most part. Meanwhile, China uses a LOT of dishonorable tactics, screwing over everyone they do business with.
i'm from Brazil and i have some relations with the automobile sector. And I can say that China is saving this sector here. When Daimler stopped making cars here, China's GWM bought and expanded the plant, with the first vehicles to start assemble in 2023. When Ford closed its plants here, BYD bought two plants. There is no going back.
The China "debt trap" narrative has recently been debunked by the British Debt Justice and World Bank data. They found that African countries owe 3x more to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. 12% of Africa's external debt was owed to China lenders, compared to 35% to Western private creditors. China has since cancelled the debt for 17 African nations.
@@TheSwedishHistorian the control China has been exerting is so much more beneficial and less damaging than the American "let's put Brazil into a military dictatorship for decades", that we really don't care as long as they keep investing.
As a Brazilian, I would like to make some comments. First, I dont like the title. We are no one's backyard. This is precisely the notion which is leading much of Latam's public opinion to go against the West. We are not colonies, or backyards, or anything of the sort. These dictatorships you showed on the video were all propped up by the CIA, disrespecting the sovereignity of our nations and throwing us into a human rights and economic crisis which is still felt to this day. Second, if we trade with China, it is because it is benefitial to us. The US and the UE are in direct competition with Brazil's soy exports, for instance, and have blocked us from trade deals with their respective economic blocks. Much of US industry is leaving Brazil, and chinese industries are taking their place. Why would we oppose that? Third, to wrap everything up, I would like to say that we are only acting in our own best interests. Ideologies and cultural ties are all well and good but it is money that makes the world go round, and China is simply offering us a better deal than the West.
How dare you point out how the US imperial mindset has destroyed latam with CIA coups and now they want to trade with China as EQUALS. "How dare latin american countries demand to be treated as equals?" - US ruling class
It's worthwhile to point out the growing influence of China in South America, but this clearly reflects the failure of the United States to take care of the folks in it's so call backyard. Those investments could have easily been from the US. But the attitude of the US towards south America is often condescending, and many other adjectives could be use to describe this attitude. So China is filling the void created by the US and in some respect the EU. The US will have to deal with the results of this , good or bad.
Condescending, that's the word aptly describe US and Europe's attitude towards world at large . And same thing happening in Africa. For centuries exploited by Europe and US,, African countries are gravitating towards china for their investments and Infrastructural development. Europe and America continues to exploit Africa through corporations and politics. Just look at West Africa where France still keep them from developing. In Djibouti China changed the landscape. They are making ports and malls.
@@talibhassan652 The people who think America and the EU look down upon the rest of the world has no clue about these places. These two are the largest donators, aid and security guarenteers of the people in the developing world.
The problem is already in the title of the video, when we are treated with countries to be influenced (backyard) and not as commercial partners, the relationship will continue with distrust and without alignment
@@ananddarnal6702 And do you think South America does not have interest when doing business? everybody does, even if you're trading 1 dollar, there's always interest on both sides
The title sums up nicely, they see Latin America as nothing but an extention of their own. US see South America as minions and pawn to be exploit, enslave and sacrifice for the well being of US citizens. But China, they see the importance of this region, these guys are the golden ticket for China to undermine USA's might and very valuable strategic partners to balance out US influence in Asia. China see these guys the same way US see Japan Korea and Taiwan. Keystone Foreign partner that is crucial for the victory in the next cold war.
China is simply occupying the spaces that US and UE do not. As Mujica said, South America wants to do business with US and UE due to cultural ties, but they don't seem to want to make business with our continent. It is only logical that South America trades with China (or anyone else that wants to get things done).
Besides there being spaces due to a lack of western presence, there's also the troubled history of our relation with the west. China offers a welcome alternative that, at least, compléments and makes us slightly less dependent on wester power
I get what you're saying, but I don't believe anyone should be trading with china and russia, given what china is doing to Uyghers and what russia is doing to Ukrainians.
Brazil thrives when there is dispute over its ownership. Be It when Portugal passed it to England, Germany contested it with England and USA and now when USA dispute it with China.
As a Mexican I don’t think the Americas doing business with China is any worst than with the U.S. cause the past hundred years have been horrible all across the board.
Yeah America stealing California,Texas and most of Pacific States from your country including the important Upward rivers that got routed out of Mexico into Southern States... Then they'll say Uncle sam is your friend lemme help you to fight cartels 🤣like hey they are the same guys who were beatened up by Talibans now they want to fight CDS and CJNG... Americans are just finding an excuse to invade Mexico
That's one perspective. I'm in the America to your North, and it seems like y'all have more freedom, and that freedom is probably because y'all know not to trust your government.
The change is to become a power like those ones who oppress the weak, ever since spain left the entire continent became the playground of the anglosphere.
Honestly we're tired of being anyone's backyard, and as you said, China is the only major power that doesn't just talk the talk but also walks the walk and offers tangible benefits.
Canada here. Yes I get your point. Your country needs hard cash in quantity to develop the industries that will make you rich enough to be truly independent as a posed to being given pocket change so some corporation can make bank off of your natural resources. But you also need to watch both China and your own government to make sure you and your kids are not sold into slavery.
China has its own motives. Sure, everybody does, but this particular one is worse. They have a end goal in mind, not just profits itself. That's of course, to someday control or own few areas or territories. But it's still better than that little nonsensical democratic and imperialistic nation above.
Hi, I'm from Chile and I have to make a correction: The Paranal Hill Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Paranal) is located south of Antofagasta, and is operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). China has nothing to do with it.
Indeed, China has nothing to do at all with Paranal oor other ESO projects. That said, in astronomy, China has a very strong collaboration with the UChile at Cerro Calan, to the degree that it is sometimes jokingly referred to as the Chinese Institute.
As a peruvian, I can tell you that I think we have already been mistreated by the west too much, and are probably glad to see alternatives in the market: China, Russia, India, etc. Of course, only time will tell. I can tell you something that was popular some years ago, probably a decade, (and is probaly still the case, I left Peru 3 years ago) when the west was going through a crisis: "Since we are also teaming up with China, the issues of the west affects us less now, and we are glad for that."
Having anything to do with the chinese is a BAD DEAL that will come back to bite you. Just look at Sri Lanka, Pakistan and African countries. They are now regretting shanking hands with the chinese. 😕☹
That's very sad. I agree that Peru has been exploited terribly by the West, but to welcome different versions of exploitation by China, Russia and India just to experience a different flavour is beyond sad. There is no way out of exploitation with this mentality. The change must come from within, you will not be rescued by outside superpowers.
You could do an entire episode on America's complicated relationship with Latin America. Short version- there are good reasons for Latin America to be at best skeptical of American influence and could be forgiven for any hostility at the idea.
@sabin97 well it is the A in USA, but I do understand your sentiment. I am an American, but also a casual student of history. It is difficult to find any period in US history in which our relationship with anyone south of the Rio Grande was not defined by a mixture of indifference, exploitation, suspicion, and hostility. And then the irony of it all is that most people of the USA are baffled when Latin America doesn't want to be our friends. I look at our history with the region and marvel at the fact that there isn't greater animosity. But make no mistake. China is not a better partner. They offer more, but where much is given, much is required. Their version of generosity is a debt trap. For thousands of years, the Empire of China ruled far beyond its borders by making most of South East Asia into tributary states. This debt trap strategy looks a lot like a modern variation on the same design. Trading sovereignty for prosperity sounds like a raw deal to me, but it isn't my choice to make. Regardless of what choice the people's of South America make, I hope they are able to find the freedom and prosperity that they have long been deprived of by pretty much every foreign power to take interest in them.
@@Jondiceful We prefer China mate, we really do, even the guys that were die core fans and pro United States like me are starting to open their eyes. Even Africans leaders represent us when they say things like "China comes here to make business, Europe and United States come here to rule and take"
I wouldnt go as far as saying Latam is becoming China's backyard. China's relatioship with these countries is different, more of a hands off aproach than the US A's "my way or the highway" attitude.
@@ron88303 it depends on how isolatiotionist the US wants to be. I cant see China putting boots on the ground or even couping countries in latam while the monroe doctrine exists. China would, at worst, stop trading with "bad behaviored" countries.
@@ron88303 What will happen is similar to what China has done to African, Asian and European countries that got led astray by their loans. They will give loans that you cannot pay back anymore, and they force you to relinquish the investment as collateral. Not only that you need to pay the debt, but you also need to give up the investment too for many decades until the debt is paid. Montenegro can vouch for me if you think I am wrong. The only major highway they built, the Chinese now own. And the reason they did not go bankrupt is because of EU money.
@Kalimdor199 The China "debt trap" narrative has recently been debunked by the British Debt Justice and World Bank data. They found that African countries owe 3x more to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. 12% of Africa's external debt was owed to China lenders, compared to 35% to Western private creditors. China has since cancelled the debt for 17 African nations.
Personally I think it’s a very imperialist mindset to consider countries to be someone’s backyards simply for making deals with them. It’s the same story with Africa, this is subtly saying those countries are naïve and don’t know what’ best for them.
Large states dominate smaller states. They make the small states their backyard. It is what it is, like it or not. Imperialism is gonna happen no matter what you think about it.
No one's saying that, but there's a simple reality that anything the country you owe billions to, is your biggest trade partner and could cripple you quickly says you will do
@@HF7-AD China regularly forgives even interest-free debt and has shown a consistent pattern of helping with development, compared to the U.S.'s and Europe's long history of enslaving these countries with debt and propping up fascist puppet regimes loyal to U.S. capital. All western propaganda against China is just a confession.
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@@maurits9629 time will tell if its a debt trap or not, if it was the US they will be setting up a military base and pushing its so-called freedoms by force into south America ...lol
@@maurits9629 better debtraps than the ones the US and europe have been giving for decades now. " NO infraestructure" on in teh continent that over all, needs infraestructure.
Kinda funny how many factual errors this channel gets wrong. As much as I appreciate the insight into some topics, there's several errors in this video alone. Sloppy.
It's all part of the ploy of western media misinformation, a lil mistake from here and there, add little suspicion and malice from here and there, that creates enough doubt. Objective won. i doubt he don't know that, he intentionally made it this way. I also saw comment that one of those port based he mentioned is purely private, and it's not military base or anything, chinese private company has a stake of course since it's an investor, minor investor, a local company has more control. it's going a bit too far to say if could turn into a chinese military base, not entirely false, coz every private port could be turn into American or chinese base in theory, but that's a long shot, because almost every country would need full government approval or constitutional approval to allow foreign base into their country. It's over jumping into conclusion or basic fear monegering. War of misinformation is going on today as we speak, Americans run there anti chinese, and chinese run their anti American. You just have to be smart enough and think for yourself to understand.
@@ramr7051 You can tell Shirvan does not write all the content himself anymore. He uses many turns-of-phrase which are American English. In his earlier work he would never do this. I enjoyed that content more, he is more eloquent than the writers. I think his limited English forced him to be more careful with how he selected words, with the end effect being that he expressed ideas more concisely and precisely. Nowadays his content sometimes resembles American geopolitical rambling.
@@antonimalachowski5262 Is Shirvan from Azerbaijan? Where is he from? As a Brazilian I think he doesn't understand South America so good as he knows about Asia, Europe, and possibly North America.
For a backyard China sure is treating us nicely by following our environmental policies, listening to local populations to the point of canceling projects instead upsetting the locals. Like not even Canadian or US business have the decency to leave when they've not wanted. We're not neighbors, we're partners with China.
"For authoritarian China, South America is also a unique place. A place with a deep history of like-minded authoritarianism." - Says it while showing USA-backed dictators. Is this video a joke or an insult? It may be the last Caspian Report video i'll ever see.
As a Chilean that knows very well how the CIA/ Nixon administration fabricated the PINOCHET's dictatorship with the result in 6.000+ murdereds.. You are right.
My friend, I’m Brazilian. Let me respectfully disagree with you. There is no lie and no offense. The fact that the US likes or supports LatAm dictators does not mean China does can’t like and support them just as well. Actually, this is quite common. Super powers fighting for influence over bad guys leading poor countries. Sometimes, the very same guys. Look at Maduro, one hand being pulled by the Russians, the other by the US. If the US made South America a good place for Chinese diplomacy, well… It is what it is. The video does not say those old right-wing dictators liked or traded with China. But they are part of something that China takes advantage of today. I invite you, therefore, to reconsider your acute criticism based on a single image.
It makes me question all his pervious videos. When he does videos about a subject im very familiar with he sounds like he just read a few pro western media articles and decided to do a video on it. Nowadays Itake his videos with a grain of salt cuase I just know hes not showing the full picture. Nonetheless theres only so much oone can discuss in 20 minutes so I dont expect his to go in depth but a lot of what he says can be misleading.
The US and West need to acknowledge that China is dedicating as much time and effort, if not more, into their soft power as they are their military. And it is much more difficult and complex in how to answer it.
One of the reasons why I believe this entire invasion of Taiwan thing is a hoax. China is doing pretty well in the grand scheme of things and doesn't have to resort to military expansion. Using military force isn't always a sign of strength.
The China "debt trap" narrative has recently been debunked by the British Debt Justice and World Bank data. They found that African countries owe 3x more to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. 12% of Africa's external debt was owed to China lenders, compared to 35% to Western private creditors. China has since cancelled the debt for 17 African nations.
It shouldn't be difficult or complex. Just spend more money than them. The EU, USA, UK and Asia-pacific partners have more financial firepower together than China, so they should use it.
@@roxylius7550 many such channels have been sounding like propaganda…. Hate to say this but the whole Ukraine Russia war and picking sides on who is more morally correct and the whole debate really did open my eyes on some issues. There’s a whole divide of opinion and like no nuance at all. Kinda sucks now cus it’s like only one narration is the correct one when really all conversations should be more balanced. The least one can do is be factual I guess
The U.S. and E.U. have taken their neighborhoods for granted for too long. If China outcompetes us in Africa and South America, it’s no one’s fault but our own. The E.U. is (just barely) starting to recognize that they need to take Africa and Western Asia seriously, perhaps aided by a lack of great-power hubris. The U.S., on the other hand, continues to employ condescension in place of collaboration.
i mean, its just china giving money. its not getting paid back to china. its china who is getting the short end of the stick, when they have to put all those loans as "gone".
If Africa takes itself more seriously maybe the rest of the world would. To throw this on other regions back is a bit wierd. Many countries in both Africa and South-America have amazing opportunities to develop and grow but the bad leaderships and corruption is a problem.
Congrats to sovereign South American countries that are fully autonomous to choose their partners based on their own national interests and not Washington's interests. Henry Kissinger once said: "To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal" And Kissinger's remark has been proven correct over and over again.
@@renevanderkooi5473 Those are declining colonial powers, soon will be outpaced by BRICS that will never look back. The American boat is sinking, time to subservient Europe to jump out and save their skins!
I am from Perú and it is necessary to make a correction. The Port of Chancay is a private initiative with 2 shareholders, one of them, COSCO shipping. Neither the Peruvian Navy nor the Peruvian Military as a whole have anything to do in the project.
Every time the US tries to arm Taiwanese/Republic of China (non UN recognized) the same way Putin arms the Donetsk republic (non UN recognized) against Ukraine, the Chinese students get riled up Their strategic analysis is also correct: the US has already proven unable to handle any biochemical attack on its own soil. It is a no brainer that the Chinese have weaponised a whole array of different viral weapons to decimate the US population should the US decide to intervene in Taiwan against China. It is perhaps fortunate that COVID revealed this American strategic weakness. Unfortunately for all of us, any war between the US and China will be devastating for all people in the world. That is why it is best to create a world where we can respect each other and trade with each other peacefully. Intentionally trying to cripple China will unleash a force of 1.5 billion intelligent minds and dedicate it to the destruction of those that try to impoverish them.
If 'the West' takes issue with China's plans for mostly mutually beneficial trade agreements, then perhaps they should've been more mutually beneficial with their own 'business' down south. If a better offer than exploitation comes along, then you can't fault these countries for taking it. And perhaps these debts will take more than a generation to pay off, but for now it seems that the benefits outweigh any potential downsides.
The US has embargoed Cuba and Nicarauga, threatened to invade Venezuela and Mexico, has invaded Mexico in the past, and has sponsored numerous coups, colour revolutions, and dictators all across the continent. I mean look at Pinochet's Chile. You are right that China is a much better option.
Chinese expansion works as a great counterweight for the U.S monopoly of power in latin america. If handled right, this is a great oportunity for latin american states to negotiate with the U.S with some breathing space.
I think the big difference is that despite you talking about "china's footprints", china tends to treat the country which it makes trades with as partners, while US just uses the Americas as somewhere to get resourses from and then treat them like lesser countries, the thing is, china actually respect other countries soverignity, so yeah, that's why latin america "chose" china...
China is evaporating your raw minerals/resources RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES on a huge scale...Are they using your local people for the jobs or theirs? How is South America gonna benefit in the long run from this other than losing more of their land and resources?
OMG, please, please, don't say that stupidity!! With all the respect, lady, you should study a little bit more of China History. America has a lot to improve but at least they are the democratic way. China doesn't respect their own citizens. Do you think that feminism, LGBT rights, social inclusion exists in China? I'm sorry but we need to be real here. You exported that ideology from America. China way of life is a dictatorship, do you think they respect the other countries? So here we go, they manipulated markets, they export fake products, they contribute to global warming. We cannot be irresponsible or innocent to reproduce what you just commented.
A perspective to consider: The USA has been making and treating South America continent as its own backyard for decades. Unchallenged. It has enjoyed and exploit the continent for considerable amount of time, much during the golden age of its superpower till today. While there are benefits, however, it is also arguable that local people lives do not get necessarily better during all these decades. (1) Perhaps, the unchallenged status contributes to such development, as we can see now when China or any other potential superpower rival makes its footstep in a new region, the resulting superpower’s competition do provide advantages for the locals in the form of higher political bargaining power that through all these times, the locals do not have. While it is too early to say if China’s investment will make locals’ lives better than during USA times, early observation seems to point out that the Chinese are dedicating more time, effort, energy and money than the US. This could be due to cultural differences, as the people in Eastern cultural sphere tend to have long-term view or view efforts from long-term angle while the Western cultural sphere tend to be the opposite. As such, it is an interesting time and a fresh new opportunity for the region. (2) Historical developments do play a part as well. The US has been in long-term “fight” with the Soviet Union in spreading each other's influence (capitalism vs communism) throughout much of the second half of the 20th century until its victory after the collapse of the Soviet Union. These long-term efforts do shape how a country behave to a certain extent, such as in formulating its foreign policy. Perhaps there is a considerable focus in making sure many countries do not fall into opponent’s influence, which this of course, consume time, resources and efforts. As such, much of the past decades in South America region, we can arguably see more focus towards maintaining ideological influence grip than say, the economic development and political stability for the locals. The Chinese, however, as Shirvan also mentions, seems to put more focus on business and economy. While it is true that there has to be benefits for the superpowers, no matter who the superpower is, at this time, it is too early to see and compare how much better or worse the locals’ lives will be in the upcoming decades when comparing towards the new superpower vs maintaining the status quo. Nonetheless, it will be an interesting observation when different superpower put focus on different areas.
Since Nixon, the US has done diddle squat in the region. It’s always the same news…. A New US President gets elected , Latin American leaders go to DC for the customary ring kissing , do a few speeches at United Nations in NY that nobody listens to ( all bravado for their local press ) , and then things go back to the old same. When Latin American leaders do their deals with another US sworn enemy, folks on Washington get a little pissy , air a few words of admonish, and we in the plantation ignore them. Most of the US money kicking down lately are private equity deals. Cable TV networks , fast food restaurant chains ( through a local master franchisor ) , some manufacturing firms. Since the late 60’s , most large capital inlays have not come from America anymore.
@@tiagomd3811 He's not wrong though. It's essentially the same dynamic we Europeans have to face in Africa. There's a lot of historic mistrust that Europe needs to overcome if it wants to compete with China in Africa. The same is true for the US in Latin America. It is literally our western geopolitical chickens coming home to roost after decades of exploitation and neglect of what we considered "our backyard".
I HATE this narrative in the west that where an entire area with history, people and culture is "a backyard" of an other country. It's disgusting and reflects the imperialist mentality still present in these countries.
It's the mentality of any empire. China wants Southeast Asia to be it's backyard. Russia wants Central Asia. France wants North Africa. Idk, but I'd bet Brazil views South America as it's backyard. The problem isn't the specific empire - the problem is empire.
It's only natural since there will always be countries trying to exert influence over smaller nearby countries. It's not like it can't change either, the UK went from being an imperial country with other's in it's backyard, to being in the backyard of one of it's former colonies.
@@fusion9619 Brazilian here, no we don't, because we just have most of latin america in neutral relations due to cultural apathy and language barrier from Brazil to others countries. We don't fight since Paraguay war in the 1800's, and we don't military involve in those countries, except Haiti for aid, because that's our military power now, we follow the diplomatic route for decades. How the fuck you think just because a bigger country is surrounded by many small ones it's a backyard, for some reason???
There's growing political pressure here in Paraguay for the country to switch allegiance from the ROC to the PRC, due to how much money the country would earn by the new trade deals alone. It would be a big blow to Taiwan if that ends up happening, as the country is one of its oldest allies.
It's just about time, sooner or later Paraguay will recognize PRC as sole government of China. The sooner is better because Paraguay can trade now rather than later, it's following others countries that switch recognition from ROC to PRC.
@@FOLIPE And yet the US has military forces in the region, and both Japan and the US, and many others have said they will go to war against China if it attacks There is what they want to say "That Taiwan is its own country" like everyone can already see and wants, and what China forces other countries to say or China will increasingly be hostile towards them, There is a reason countries might be change their stance as you yourself acknowledge, China will force them too, and exclude and bully them if they do not do exactly what China wants them to do, these are not reasons to bow down and do as a dictator demands
Allies? Paraguay isn't an ally, allies come to their friends need when they need it most. What, at most would have Paraguay done? Wrote a strongly worded letter at the UN Aseembly? At best you were a neighbor with good relations. Taiwan only has a few real allies.
All the countries you just talked about are American and in America. It's reinforces US exceptionalism to use such language. It might be an Anglo-Saxon thing. They also say they are from "Africa," the English speakers in South Africa. I'm sure if Australia hadn't massacred the other nations on its continent, I could say something about their appropriation of the continent as their nationality. Language affects culture. For example, in Spanish there is no distinction between abortion and miscarriage. Honduras has a full abortion ban in their constitution. Women who call emergency services may end up under arrest. We cannot reduce America to the United States.
"the Americans have chosen to step back from South American affairs"? Given their history of regime change in South America (and the rest of the world) they're really likely just "stepping into the shadows" 😂
Would have been very nice to speak about the relation between China and Latinamerica in terms of the COVID Vaccines also, Chile for example had priority for getting SINOVAC but that was also due to a scientific relation between China and Chile at one process of the making of the vaccine (I think one of the last trials) and I am sure that also happened with other latin countries. Most of the people vaccinated in south america are from chinese jabs and that speaks a lot about the influence of Beijing over south america.
@@omarmyia as far as I know they are cheaper, I know by fact also that their logistics is much easier (they dont have to be kept nearly as cold as moderna or pfeizer, which means easier transportation) and they are usefull. I understand that they are not as good as pfeizer or moderna to stop the spreading but they are as good to stop hospitilazation and death rates. You also see the numbers, Chile was from the first countries to have mass vaccination and it has done pretty well since some months after the mass vaccination started. You also have to Account that if they waited in line for having so much pfeizer or moderna shots they would have gotten them easily a year later, which means a year or so more of potentially closing big parts of the economy. I would say the vaccines payed themselves quite good.
Sinovac does not work. It was all PR. But do be friends with the country that inflicted Covid on the world and denied it up and down, saying the Gringos did it.
@@cliffc2546 And you say that with what source? Cause it would mean that the drastic drop of deaths, hospitilazation rates and spreading was due to the will of God All Mighty and Powerfull! 😅😂😂
Yes, most of the countries in Latin America and other regions had to use the Chinese vaccines because the vaccines from Western countries were not available, they had to vaccinate their population first and when they finished they began to give them to other countries.
Just by reading the comments made by so many people here, I can draw a fairly conclusive judgment: While the US had treated South America as its backyard and done for years, China has been treating all their friends in South America with respect and building win-win relationships at the same time. By the way, Brazil 🇧🇷 and China 🇨🇳 have just decided to trade with each country's local currency and done away with the US currency.
The last time US was at risk of losing dominant influence in Latin America they had to do 2 decades worth of regime changes there. What stops US from doing the same again?
The US state department was behind the lawfare coup of 2016 in Brazil. I don't think they ever stopped. But the party removed back then is back in power now (by direct vote). The US achievements by this last coup was to elect Bolsonaro, a string of humanitarian, ecological and economic disasters.
The Paranagua Port is not the "largest commercial port" in Brazil, as you said in 8:00, but the second largest. The largest one is Santos Port, which is near São Paulo.
Great video, but a correction needed: Chinese companies have much larger stakes in the other major lithium producing country, Australia, than in any of the four operating lithium mines in South America. Tianqi Lithium has a big stake in SQM's Salar de Atacama mine in Chile, but the other mine in Chile is owned by America's Albemarle and the two in Argentina are owned by America's Livent and Australia's Allkem. Meanwhile, Bolivia is a long way from ever achieving production. Of course, China would prefer to do business with South American countries than Australia, but that's another matter.
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Yeap. And the creator of the video doesn't seem to worry much about projects in latinamerica owned by north american and european companies when they devastate the environment bribing political leaders. I see a big western ideological bias here.
I actually asked former MCPON Smith and he basically completely dismissed it with “when missiles go flying they’ll know which side to choose” and I feel like that arrogance is our downfall
You think arrogance is ya'll downfall? If that was the case, you wouldn't have lasted until now. Your downfall is just *history itself.* All of this is inevitable, and has been *known to be inevitable* for the past 160 years of extant socialist theory. The past ~50 years have been China signaling exactly what is going to happen as China develops. We have known this for decades, and simply refused to believe it. That's not arrogance -- that's utter stupidity. Blind ideology. Simple faith in capitalism itself is the capitalist West's undoing.
@@RosscoAW dude Unironcially you’re 200%. Stupidity AND the arrogance to acknowledge the shortcomings of capitalism. It was useful in the development of the nation but it’s gone too far
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I for once welcome our chinese overlords. We had american monopoly for almost two centuries here, and it didn't help at all. Perhaps the growing chinese influence will attract americans and compete, giving us proper deals and better prices.
@@undead_6662 okay, so it's the Dutch Disease. That's malinvestment and underinvestment in things outside a given resource because that resource draws the majority of capital and capitalizes corruption. It's a domestic problem that won't be fixed by diversified buyers.
@@undead_6662 The resource curse is not a natural phenomenon. Having resources should not be detrimental, and history proves me right, most "resource havens" where highly succesful for the time (China is the prime example). In current geopolitics, resource rich countries fall prey to imperialistic states, last century it was the USSR, USA, France and the UK. Resource rich countries sell those resources, and then they buy manufactured products, instead of making them themselves.
Authoritarianism exists in Africa and Middle East, as well as South America and Southeast Asia. Authoritarianism is pretty much the international rule, especially when you consider that many "democratic" countries are becoming increasingly illiberal (examples: Brazil, Hungary, Turkey). China does not export its political ideology, unlike the arrogant West ("freedom and democracy"). Every country has the right to govern itself however it pleases. It's none of our business.
Turkey has no history of liberalism. The battle between Islamists and the erstwhile Kemalian military have kept that country under constant turmoil. At present, Islamists-Turk Nationalists have the power, and the country is back to its default mode, i.e., chaos. Similarly, Hungary has never been liberal. Being a country in Balakan that has a history of violence perpetrated by Ottomans and Russians, it has for a major part of history been an illiberal state. Brazil is a similar country that used right-wing militias in the past to counter Marxist forces. The reality is that there has never been a true liberal state in the developing world.
Well, while having the same guy in charge for a quarter of a century so he can think in big infrastructure projects to boast his ego the idea of peacefully removing him and his cronies every 4 or 5 years if he ever becomes too, eh, self-absorbed is a very tempting proposition.
In order to understand the growing influence of China on Latam but also Africa and southeast Asia we have to take a look at western (mainly US and Europe union) foreign policy towards the Global South in the past couple of years. Many goverments in those regions see China as a key ally to counterbalance US/EU power but also as an alternative to the West since many countries have seen how incoherent and hypocritical The US and europe sometimes are specially the US
In case it isnt clear by now, saying a whole continent is one countries "Backyard" is very insulting and the very reason why Latin America is rejecting the US atm
Good analysis. However, I sense there’s an antiChina or negativity toward China undertone. Bear in mind China is doing business all over the world. The biggest of which are USA and EU. Doing most business with democratic world reflects opposite to what you commentaries, that China favors authoritarian govt. it’s more like “forget about what types of government, let’s do business.” I notice your bias toward China is creeping up, maybe because of your readership or sponsorships.
@@driss3946 in an ignorant persons view of history sure but presently it isn't the EU harvesting organs, committing genocide and readying an army for an invasion of Taiwan.
@@missk1697 Being highly skeptical of China comes from genuine analysis and common sense. You really though you made a point here but you just look upset.
As someone already said here, Chancay port is a private investment nothing to do with the military, and legally in Peru there are no state companies that could invest in the new port. Also the investment is about 3 billion for the whole project, 1.2 billion for the first part.
@@celdur4635 I meant that China can overtake their private companies in shadows. Just have to be careful as giving a small finger can leading to a lot more. China is smart and cautious about it where US was perhaps blatant. Only point I am making is, that you jace to be very careful and aware.
A correction: in Ecuador the Coca-codo-sinclair hidroelectric project is plagued with technical problems and the last 2 presidents are under investigation for accepting chinese bribes, even the chinese ambassador to Ecuador was accused of bribery and the project is not finnished
'China doesn't care if governments are authoritarian or democratic' - Because of course USA cared a lot about that when they supported coups to put the said authoritarian governments in place, as in Brazil, right? Or maybe like USA cares a lot about the democracy in Saudi Arabia? I used to consider this channel as reliable when it talked about other regions, but now that it talks about south America that I know better I start to reconsider it.
Democracy has always been a product of socialism, not capitalism. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States stole the word democracy. With regard to Chinese style democracy, I would like to introduce that China implements Democratic centralism and the political consultation system. In addition to the CPC, there are eight democratic parties in China. They participate in political discussions and make final decisions. We will formulate the next development plan every five years. So, in China, there is no party struggle or ethnic division. The majority of people reach a consensus, and the rest is to follow the plan. This is why the Chinese miracle happened. The current social situation in the United States is the best rating for its political system
China's authoritarianism only exists in the reports of Western media. In China, no one or party can decide a thing. We will promote collective decisions
Brazilian here. You went a little too dramatic on the surveillance system in São Paulo, i live here and that deal was made over 5 years ago on a previous state govt and the project is already paid.
Yes, it would be interesting to see actual comparitive direct investment numbers to illustrate the point that China is clearly overtaking and rapidly replacing the US in the region.
Its hilarious he didn't mention western countries still overwhelmingly hold the majority of debt in the global south, its not even close. Chinese debt comes with infrastructures and real products, western debt comes with coups and stock buybacks, and sinophobic westerners are mad ppl chose real benefits every single time, so they concern troll non-white countries as if we are just all too stupid to pick better deals, its fundamentally racist and insulting.
The interesting thing about China's global reach is it's not the first time they brought about a prosperous era of trade. In the fifteenth century it was seen as a sign from heaven that the Emperor ( now Xi Jinping) was meant to rule over China. China didn't require overseas military intervention, it's superior navy and again, it's own sense of belonging to a successful trading nation were enough. We will see whether this remains true today.
Why do you think they are investing and who do you think is going to benefit the most in the long run? South America needs to block out foreigners including the US and esp. China and make their own future happen with their resources IMO
If the United States had not treated South and Central America & the Caribbean as neocolonial stepchildchildren the trade that could have been would have made it so that China would still be far behind in terms of economic power. It is one of the greatest missed opportunities in modern global economics and politics.
Do extremely wealthy folks think to themselves? - “ well I currently have enough money to buy anything I could ever need or want for the rest of my life. I think I’ll ruin some lives and the environment for a few dollars more.”
There is nothing to be grateful for. We Chinese people only want to do business, and we believe that everyone has the right to pursue happiness, rather than becoming victims of politics
its fortunate thats the case because all of china's regional neighbours feel displeased at china, none of them even accept to be china's so called backyard (maybe cambodia is the closest example i can muster), not that china doesnt want to have a backyard china pushes its neighbours away to gain friends across the ocean
You do realize that when it comes to grabbing other countries natural resources like Oil and in this case Lithium, no country did it better than the British, US, French, and all these countries that are suppose to respect human rights and ethical work conditions.
The USA has become too "drug addicted" in the form of deficit spending, especially in the last 20 years or so, and I don't see that trend reversing. It's Federal Reserve Bank is the largest owner of its Treasury's debt, which means the government is printing money that will be impossible to unwind. The USA still has a strong military but it's ability to be the dominant force in world economics affairs is in decline. In the end we all look after our own economic interests.
As if European countries or US are carrying about democracy.. that’s not important as long as the countries are doing what’s expected.. and if that is not happen anymore then they place other governments or support’s what currently fits best in their interests..
The US has lost ground in Latin America, mainly because over at least the last fifty years, we have given those countries various raw (bad) deals. Now the China has come into cash, it is offering better arrangements than we have.
Saying Latin Americans don't care for labour laws is insulting. I can damn well guarantee you we care more for our workers than the Americans as the very least. We are an extractive region which has always been forced to follow the path of an empire. Now we are getting to choose. For once, our destiny is in our hands.
What makes you think that you are special compared to all of the other countries that China has done business with? We have already seen the result in other countries who had similar plans. (This is not meant to offend, just a word of caution.)
There are better labor laws and many more unions in Argentina than in the USA. Being the USA a power with unprotected workers as if it were a poor country.
I'm not sure what its like in other major countries, but I know in Australia some people are always complaining about how much money we spend on Foreign Aid AND complain about China's expansion. Then this kind of thing happens.
The secret is aid in the form of investments that benefit both countries, rather than unsustainable charity. The West unfortunately seems to favor short-term solutions.
makes sense that many South American countries are so willing to cooperate with China. The US coup'ed almost every South American nation, with most of the victims being legitimate politicians who simply aimed to bring their countries out the American economic sphere of reliance. Chile's coup even happened on 9/11 (1973), thus they have their own tragic event on that date. Plus, any nation is willing to take investments from people willing to do so. The continent is severly undeveloped and such ventures by Chinese companies bring jobs, and helps to access such resources. The situation in South America can be seen as realpolitk, or a move by both China and its South American clients to spite the US.
@@SuperSaiyanED I wonder if USA really wanted peace and stability, why didn't it hosted it instead? Still a big blow to the so called hegemony of the west and its world police claims.
@@SuperSaiyanED lol cope harder. Iran and Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry literally thanked China and I quote: "The two sides also expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the leadership and government of the People's Republic of China for hosting and sponsoring the talks, and the efforts it placed towards its success."
this is great for us brasilians, and calling "authoritarian china" and comparing it to pinochet and all the others is nonesense. Communism grows, for the best of all humanity! Hasta irmãos!
Hi @CaspianReport , I was wondering if you were going to make a video on the recent Saudi-Iran deal that China made possible? Thanks! Btw your content is usually of good quality, keep it up :)
As an Ecuadorian, I also believe that diversifying trade partners is good, but I disagree with comments that see China as an angel. Like other nations, it has its own interests, as was the case in Sri Lanka Not to mention that the project "Coca Codo Sinclair" is now in ruins due to multiple structural failures, as well as other investments that they have made here.
It's more a function of ideology. If a relatively democratic free country does it = good If a communist totalitarian country does it = bad Pardon me for not using emojis.
@@ron88303 what's democratic about forcing democratically elected governments out of power and replacing them with a brutal military dictatorship that murders the opposition?
@@afgor1088 Not denying that. But how many military dictators are there today, and how many of those are supported by the U.S.? Also look at U.S. foreign aid to South American countries. It's not trivial. Bottom line is China's investment in South America will both help that region and enable the U.S. to use it's dollars to purchase goods instead of providing foreign aid.
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Funny, but as an American I am not worried. China is about to completely collapse (but it will attack Russia just before it loses too many troops), as is maritime trade in the next few decades. The USA is going to fix up South America to be its production center, and the USA and Canada are going to be just fine financially etc. It's the rest of the world I am worried about. The Middle East is going to completely implode, as is North Africa. Europe is a backwater, and will continue to be so.
The reason we can be sure the Monroe Doctrine prevails ...at least in spirit... is due to the various organs of interamerican unity that exist. Most if not all of the countries China is trying to move in on are either Major Non Nato allies or member of the Rio defense pact with us or are members of the Organization of American States. Having some ties to China doesn't change that. Heck they're our biggest trading partner.
Meanwhile China is enemies with all its neighbors.
China backyard or USA backyard... what a hard choice haha
@@Madferreiro Not really. The USA generally wants trade, and doesn't interfere for the most part. Meanwhile, China uses a LOT of dishonorable tactics, screwing over everyone they do business with.
A bit denigrating language about South America.
i'm from Brazil and i have some relations with the automobile sector. And I can say that China is saving this sector here. When Daimler stopped making cars here, China's GWM bought and expanded the plant, with the first vehicles to start assemble in 2023. When Ford closed its plants here, BYD bought two plants. There is no going back.
China is simply filling in the vacuum left by a rapidly declining US.
The China "debt trap" narrative has recently been debunked by the British Debt Justice and World Bank data. They found that African countries owe 3x more to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. 12% of Africa's external debt was owed to China lenders, compared to 35% to Western private creditors.
China has since cancelled the debt for 17 African nations.
well, everyone wants chinese money. Just be careful about the control
The problem is what comes after that...In a decade or so problems and blackmails will begin to happen what China wants is control and dependency.
@@TheSwedishHistorian the control China has been exerting is so much more beneficial and less damaging than the American "let's put Brazil into a military dictatorship for decades", that we really don't care as long as they keep investing.
As a Brazilian, I would like to make some comments.
First, I dont like the title. We are no one's backyard. This is precisely the notion which is leading much of Latam's public opinion to go against the West. We are not colonies, or backyards, or anything of the sort. These dictatorships you showed on the video were all propped up by the CIA, disrespecting the sovereignity of our nations and throwing us into a human rights and economic crisis which is still felt to this day.
Second, if we trade with China, it is because it is benefitial to us. The US and the UE are in direct competition with Brazil's soy exports, for instance, and have blocked us from trade deals with their respective economic blocks. Much of US industry is leaving Brazil, and chinese industries are taking their place. Why would we oppose that?
Third, to wrap everything up, I would like to say that we are only acting in our own best interests. Ideologies and cultural ties are all well and good but it is money that makes the world go round, and China is simply offering us a better deal than the West.
If its too good to be true, it is.
I totally agree with you, meu compatriota.
Blood money is blood money
How dare you point out how the US imperial mindset has destroyed latam with CIA coups and now they want to trade with China as EQUALS.
"How dare latin american countries demand to be treated as equals?" - US ruling class
Agree 100% meu consagrado
It's worthwhile to point out the growing influence of China in South America, but this clearly reflects the failure of the United States to take care of the folks in it's so call backyard. Those investments could have easily been from the US. But the attitude of the US towards south America is often condescending, and many other adjectives could be use to describe this attitude. So China is filling the void created by the US and in some respect the EU. The US will have to deal with the results of this , good or bad.
Condescending, that's the word aptly describe US and Europe's attitude towards world at large . And same thing happening in Africa. For centuries exploited by Europe and US,, African countries are gravitating towards china for their investments and Infrastructural development. Europe and America continues to exploit Africa through corporations and politics. Just look at West Africa where France still keep them from developing. In Djibouti China changed the landscape. They are making ports and malls.
i just want to clarify that it's not just against the south of america.
it's against ALL of america except their canadian pets.
@@sabin97 no, just south America
@@talibhassan652 The people who think America and the EU look down upon the rest of the world has no clue about these places. These two are the largest donators, aid and security guarenteers of the people in the developing world.
@@alexanderrose1556 “security guarantees” = sell weapons and create permanent state of conflict. Yes, the Whyyte nations are very good at that.
The problem is already in the title of the video, when we are treated with countries to be influenced (backyard) and not as commercial partners, the relationship will continue with distrust and without alignment
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Murican things
The problem is nobody is a friend, interest comes first
@@ananddarnal6702 And do you think South America does not have interest when doing business? everybody does, even if you're trading 1 dollar, there's always interest on both sides
The title sums up nicely, they see Latin America as nothing but an extention of their own.
US see South America as minions and pawn to be exploit, enslave and sacrifice for the well being of US citizens.
But China, they see the importance of this region, these guys are the golden ticket for China to undermine USA's might and very valuable strategic partners to balance out US influence in Asia.
China see these guys the same way US see Japan Korea and Taiwan. Keystone Foreign partner that is crucial for the victory in the next cold war.
China is simply occupying the spaces that US and UE do not.
As Mujica said, South America wants to do business with US and UE due to cultural ties, but they don't seem to want to make business with our continent. It is only logical that South America trades with China (or anyone else that wants to get things done).
U.S to focused on Asia now
Besides there being spaces due to a lack of western presence, there's also the troubled history of our relation with the west. China offers a welcome alternative that, at least, compléments and makes us slightly less dependent on wester power
I get what you're saying, but I don't believe anyone should be trading with china and russia, given what china is doing to Uyghers and what russia is doing to Ukrainians.
Brazil thrives when there is dispute over its ownership.
Be It when Portugal passed it to England, Germany contested it with England and USA and now when USA dispute it with China.
@@dobrasilaomundo.8086 I'm not American or European f*ckwit. But great job on the generalisation, you're showing great class.
As a Mexican I don’t think the Americas doing business with China is any worst than with the U.S. cause the past hundred years have been horrible all across the board.
los anglos no son de confianza, hay que negociar como todos
Yeah America stealing California,Texas and most of Pacific States from your country including the important Upward rivers that got routed out of Mexico into Southern States...
Then they'll say Uncle sam is your friend lemme help you to fight cartels 🤣like hey they are the same guys who were beatened up by Talibans now they want to fight CDS and CJNG... Americans are just finding an excuse to invade Mexico
Tal cual.
That's one perspective. I'm in the America to your North, and it seems like y'all have more freedom, and that freedom is probably because y'all know not to trust your government.
México is getting American and Canadian money. NAFTA , low cost manufacturing. The rest of the continent isn’t.
100 years with the US havnt been so great. We need a change.
Exactly is China tourno
The change is to become a power like those ones who oppress the weak, ever since spain left the entire continent became the playground of the anglosphere.
it's your turn...
The chinese are way worse. Remember the Wuhan Lab coronavirus?
What are you on? Pax Americana has been THE most prosperous and peaceful years in Human history.
Honestly we're tired of being anyone's backyard, and as you said, China is the only major power that doesn't just talk the talk but also walks the walk and offers tangible benefits.
Canada here. Yes I get your point. Your country needs hard cash in quantity to develop the industries that will make you rich enough to be truly independent as a posed to being given pocket change so some corporation can make bank off of your natural resources.
But you also need to watch both China and your own government to make sure you and your kids are not sold into slavery.
China has its own motives. Sure, everybody does, but this particular one is worse. They have a end goal in mind, not just profits itself. That's of course, to someday control or own few areas or territories. But it's still better than that little nonsensical democratic and imperialistic nation above.
@@petergould9174 they survive dealing with US iron boots rule, I'm sure they can deal with China "money only" style of trades.
@@petergould9174 中國法律規定，買賣人口要判死刑
U.S. and U.K. schemed to keep South America politically divided and trapped in a raw materials economy ever since Bolivar.
Hi, I'm from Chile and I have to make a correction:
The Paranal Hill Observatory (Observatorio Cerro Paranal) is located south of Antofagasta, and is operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). China has nothing to do with it.
Indeed, China has nothing to do at all with Paranal oor other ESO projects. That said, in astronomy, China has a very strong collaboration with the UChile at Cerro Calan, to the degree that it is sometimes jokingly referred to as the Chinese Institute.
thanks for your correction
The entire video is full or errors and is just anti china propaganda
Caspian Report is so anti-China, thus threw in a lot of junk to smear China.
@@Mayangone because the Chinese government is on "our side" and only want us all to become richer together, right? LOL
As a peruvian, I can tell you that I think we have already been mistreated by the west too much, and are probably glad to see alternatives in the market: China, Russia, India, etc. Of course, only time will tell.
I can tell you something that was popular some years ago, probably a decade, (and is probaly still the case, I left Peru 3 years ago) when the west was going through a crisis: "Since we are also teaming up with China, the issues of the west affects us less now, and we are glad for that."
Enjoy the coming crisis’ of china bruh, Peru has enough worries right now on their own, glad they can still find time to blame the west tho.
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Having anything to do with the chinese is a BAD DEAL that will come back to bite you. Just look at Sri Lanka, Pakistan and African countries. They are now regretting shanking hands with the chinese. 😕☹
That's very sad. I agree that Peru has been exploited terribly by the West, but to welcome different versions of exploitation by China, Russia and India just to experience a different flavour is beyond sad. There is no way out of exploitation with this mentality. The change must come from within, you will not be rescued by outside superpowers.
Wait until China brings treatment of its own citizens and neighbors.
All colonial powers begin with trade. The way China do trade is very telling
Only the US See this as a problem
Actually nobody cares
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@@troy5094 that's not an argument
@@bbqsauce875 yes comrade, very cool.
U.S: treats South America like garbage
South America: gives the US the middle finger
U.S: surprised pikachu face
The last connection with the US is the visa free agreement with Chile, it this finished that would be the end of the US presence here .-.
You could do an entire episode on America's complicated relationship with Latin America. Short version- there are good reasons for Latin America to be at best skeptical of American influence and could be forgiven for any hostility at the idea.
most of america is latin america.
i think you meant usakistan. trying to hijack our continent's name is one the many reasons we dont trust you.
@sabin97 well it is the A in USA, but I do understand your sentiment. I am an American, but also a casual student of history. It is difficult to find any period in US history in which our relationship with anyone south of the Rio Grande was not defined by a mixture of indifference, exploitation, suspicion, and hostility. And then the irony of it all is that most people of the USA are baffled when Latin America doesn't want to be our friends. I look at our history with the region and marvel at the fact that there isn't greater animosity.
But make no mistake. China is not a better partner. They offer more, but where much is given, much is required. Their version of generosity is a debt trap. For thousands of years, the Empire of China ruled far beyond its borders by making most of South East Asia into tributary states. This debt trap strategy looks a lot like a modern variation on the same design. Trading sovereignty for prosperity sounds like a raw deal to me, but it isn't my choice to make. Regardless of what choice the people's of South America make, I hope they are able to find the freedom and prosperity that they have long been deprived of by pretty much every foreign power to take interest in them.
@@Jondiceful We prefer China mate, we really do, even the guys that were die core fans and pro United States like me are starting to open their eyes.
Even Africans leaders represent us when they say things like "China comes here to make business, Europe and United States come here to rule and take"
Perfectly said. 👍🏻
@@Jondiceful Agreed again. You can say the same for Europe/Africa.
I wouldnt go as far as saying Latam is becoming China's backyard. China's relatioship with these countries is different, more of a hands off aproach than the US A's "my way or the highway" attitude.
Hands off approach for now; we'll see what will happen as China's footprint grows. But for now and near term you're absolutely correct.
@@ron88303 it depends on how isolatiotionist the US wants to be. I cant see China putting boots on the ground or even couping countries in latam while the monroe doctrine exists. China would, at worst, stop trading with "bad behaviored" countries.
@@ron88303 What will happen is similar to what China has done to African, Asian and European countries that got led astray by their loans. They will give loans that you cannot pay back anymore, and they force you to relinquish the investment as collateral. Not only that you need to pay the debt, but you also need to give up the investment too for many decades until the debt is paid. Montenegro can vouch for me if you think I am wrong. The only major highway they built, the Chinese now own. And the reason they did not go bankrupt is because of EU money.
@Kalimdor199 The China "debt trap" narrative has recently been debunked by the British Debt Justice and World Bank data. They found that African countries owe 3x more to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. 12% of Africa's external debt was owed to China lenders, compared to 35% to Western private creditors.
China has since cancelled the debt for 17 African nations.
Yes, China doesn't interfer in other countries.
Personally I think it’s a very imperialist mindset to consider countries to be someone’s backyards simply for making deals with them. It’s the same story with Africa, this is subtly saying those countries are naïve and don’t know what’ best for them.
Large states dominate smaller states. They make the small states their backyard. It is what it is, like it or not. Imperialism is gonna happen no matter what you think about it.
No one's saying that, but there's a simple reality that anything the country you owe billions to, is your biggest trade partner and could cripple you quickly says you will do
@@HF7-AD China regularly forgives even interest-free debt and has shown a consistent pattern of helping with development, compared to the U.S.'s and Europe's long history of enslaving these countries with debt and propping up fascist puppet regimes loyal to U.S. capital. All western propaganda against China is just a confession.
Very interesting criticism against imperialism, my _Lord_
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South America is no one's backyard. China is at least helping the countries develop while the US have done nothing
Is too late ,,like ex how want comeback home
US did something thought, they help the oligarch getting richer
Helping?? I don’t see debt-traps as helping
@@maurits9629 time will tell if its a debt trap or not, if it was the US they will be setting up a military base and pushing its so-called freedoms by force into south America ...lol
@@maurits9629 better debtraps than the ones the US and europe have been giving for decades now. " NO infraestructure" on in teh continent that over all, needs infraestructure.
Minor correction: the Sombrero space complex is not a launch complex, only a ground station for tracking. No satellite has been launched from there.
Kinda funny how many factual errors this channel gets wrong. As much as I appreciate the insight into some topics, there's several errors in this video alone. Sloppy.
It's all part of the ploy of western media misinformation, a lil mistake from here and there, add little suspicion and malice from here and there, that creates enough doubt. Objective won. i doubt he don't know that, he intentionally made it this way. I also saw comment that one of those port based he mentioned is purely private, and it's not military base or anything, chinese private company has a stake of course since it's an investor, minor investor, a local company has more control. it's going a bit too far to say if could turn into a chinese military base, not entirely false, coz every private port could be turn into American or chinese base in theory, but that's a long shot, because almost every country would need full government approval or constitutional approval to allow foreign base into their country. It's over jumping into conclusion or basic fear monegering. War of misinformation is going on today as we speak, Americans run there anti chinese, and chinese run their anti American. You just have to be smart enough and think for yourself to understand.
@@ramr7051 You can tell Shirvan does not write all the content himself anymore. He uses many turns-of-phrase which are American English. In his earlier work he would never do this. I enjoyed that content more, he is more eloquent than the writers. I think his limited English forced him to be more careful with how he selected words, with the end effect being that he expressed ideas more concisely and precisely. Nowadays his content sometimes resembles American geopolitical rambling.
@@antonimalachowski5262 Is Shirvan from Azerbaijan?
Where is he from?
As a Brazilian I think he doesn't understand South America so good as he knows about Asia, Europe, and possibly North America.
@@eduardocajias5626 yes, he is from Azerbaijan. He was educated as a journalist.
For a backyard China sure is treating us nicely by following our environmental policies, listening to local populations to the point of canceling projects instead upsetting the locals. Like not even Canadian or US business have the decency to leave when they've not wanted.
We're not neighbors, we're partners with China.
🙏
So glad most south americans are not buying into this us propaganda.
They literally talked about overthrowing brazilian government the other day
That's so great to hear. Can you share any sources for cancelling projects which are upsetting the locals?
This is the most obvious propaganda shit.
Environmental policies he says, LMAOOO this is definely a bot
"For authoritarian China, South America is also a unique place. A place with a deep history of like-minded authoritarianism." - Says it while showing USA-backed dictators. Is this video a joke or an insult? It may be the last Caspian Report video i'll ever see.
As a Chilean that knows very well how the CIA/ Nixon administration fabricated the PINOCHET's dictatorship with the result in 6.000+ murdereds.. You are right.
Yeah that is in poor taste, it’s a soar spot for us
My friend, I’m Brazilian. Let me respectfully disagree with you. There is no lie and no offense. The fact that the US likes or supports LatAm dictators does not mean China does can’t like and support them just as well. Actually, this is quite common. Super powers fighting for influence over bad guys leading poor countries. Sometimes, the very same guys. Look at Maduro, one hand being pulled by the Russians, the other by the US. If the US made South America a good place for Chinese diplomacy, well… It is what it is. The video does not say those old right-wing dictators liked or traded with China. But they are part of something that China takes advantage of today. I invite you, therefore, to reconsider your acute criticism based on a single image.
Thought it wierd
It makes me question all his pervious videos. When he does videos about a subject im very familiar with he sounds like he just read a few pro western media articles and decided to do a video on it. Nowadays Itake his videos with a grain of salt cuase I just know hes not showing the full picture. Nonetheless theres only so much oone can discuss in 20 minutes so I dont expect his to go in depth but a lot of what he says can be misleading.
Alternative Title: SA finds new friend that doesn't abuse and treat them like s**t while still expecting loyalty for no apparent reason whatsoever.
The US and West need to acknowledge that China is dedicating as much time and effort, if not more, into their soft power as they are their military. And it is much more difficult and complex in how to answer it.
One of the reasons why I believe this entire invasion of Taiwan thing is a hoax. China is doing pretty well in the grand scheme of things and doesn't have to resort to military expansion. Using military force isn't always a sign of strength.
The China "debt trap" narrative has recently been debunked by the British Debt Justice and World Bank data. They found that African countries owe 3x more to Western banks, asset managers and oil traders than to China, and are charged double the interest. 12% of Africa's external debt was owed to China lenders, compared to 35% to Western private creditors.
China has since cancelled the debt for 17 African nations.
Hmm
Nah they greedy themselves to exploit Natives, while China has 5 steps ahead of them put Priority first before Greed rewards
It shouldn't be difficult or complex. Just spend more money than them. The EU, USA, UK and Asia-pacific partners have more financial firepower together than China, so they should use it.
Didn't expect Caspian report to be so biased.
They're usually more subtle.
C asp I A n report
Lately their videos are pure propaganda. Kinda sad considering it was such a good channel several years ago
@@roxylius7550 many such channels have been sounding like propaganda…. Hate to say this but the whole Ukraine Russia war and picking sides on who is more morally correct and the whole debate really did open my eyes on some issues. There’s a whole divide of opinion and like no nuance at all. Kinda sucks now cus it’s like only one narration is the correct one when really all conversations should be more balanced. The least one can do is be factual I guess
Never seen the Ukraine videos?
The U.S. and E.U. have taken their neighborhoods for granted for too long. If China outcompetes us in Africa and South America, it’s no one’s fault but our own. The E.U. is (just barely) starting to recognize that they need to take Africa and Western Asia seriously, perhaps aided by a lack of great-power hubris. The U.S., on the other hand, continues to employ condescension in place of collaboration.
France has more than enough business in African countries already. Without it they wouldn't be much of a power.
Why would an African or western Asian nation want to “collaborate” with USA or EU? History shows it’s very very bad deal
Is too late
i mean, its just china giving money. its not getting paid back to china. its china who is getting the short end of the stick, when they have to put all those loans as "gone".
If Africa takes itself more seriously maybe the rest of the world would. To throw this on other regions back is a bit wierd. Many countries in both Africa and South-America have amazing opportunities to develop and grow but the bad leaderships and corruption is a problem.
Congrats to sovereign South American countries that are fully autonomous to choose their partners based on their own national interests and not Washington's interests.
Henry Kissinger once said: "To be an enemy of the US is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal"
And Kissinger's remark has been proven correct over and over again.
Yup....look at Europe. Look at Germany.
@@renevanderkooi5473 Those are declining colonial powers, soon will be outpaced by BRICS that will never look back.
The American boat is sinking, time to subservient Europe to jump out and save their skins!
I am from Perú and it is necessary to make a correction. The Port of Chancay is a private initiative with 2 shareholders, one of them, COSCO shipping. Neither the Peruvian Navy nor the Peruvian Military as a whole have anything to do in the project.
saludos
yeah, but he was saying that the port can be transformed in a military port, not that it will be used like that.
Anything from China, despite its private label, is controlled by the Chinese government
@@cabellones any port can?
Every time the US tries to arm Taiwanese/Republic of China (non UN recognized) the same way Putin arms the Donetsk republic (non UN recognized) against Ukraine, the Chinese students get riled up
Their strategic analysis is also correct: the US has already proven unable to handle any biochemical attack on its own soil. It is a no brainer that the Chinese have weaponised a whole array of different viral weapons to decimate the US population should the US decide to intervene in Taiwan against China.
It is perhaps fortunate that COVID revealed this American strategic weakness.
Unfortunately for all of us, any war between the US and China will be devastating for all people in the world. That is why it is best to create a world where we can respect each other and trade with each other peacefully. Intentionally trying to cripple China will unleash a force of 1.5 billion intelligent minds and dedicate it to the destruction of those that try to impoverish them.
If 'the West' takes issue with China's plans for mostly mutually beneficial trade agreements, then perhaps they should've been more mutually beneficial with their own 'business' down south. If a better offer than exploitation comes along, then you can't fault these countries for taking it.
And perhaps these debts will take more than a generation to pay off, but for now it seems that the benefits outweigh any potential downsides.
The US has embargoed Cuba and Nicarauga, threatened to invade Venezuela and Mexico, has invaded Mexico in the past, and has sponsored numerous coups, colour revolutions, and dictators all across the continent. I mean look at Pinochet's Chile. You are right that China is a much better option.
Try telling that to Sri Lanka to see how "beneficial" Chinese deals are
@@nishitd I am sadly unfamiliar with the situation in Sri Lanka. Could you share what you know so that I might learn more about it?
Oh, but West will 100% fault you Latinos for taking the better offer.. look how India got blamed for buying discounted oil
@@royalroyal2210 "How
DARE you choose a better life at the expense of our profits?!"
For shame, smh.
I'm actually European, btw
Chinese expansion works as a great counterweight for the U.S monopoly of power in latin america. If handled right, this is a great oportunity for latin american states to negotiate with the U.S with some breathing space.
The US is incapable of even recognising such a deal.
No more usa....we want China
I think the big difference is that despite you talking about "china's footprints", china tends to treat the country which it makes trades with as partners, while US just uses the Americas as somewhere to get resourses from and then treat them like lesser countries, the thing is, china actually respect other countries soverignity, so yeah, that's why latin america "chose" china...
China is evaporating your raw minerals/resources RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES on a huge scale...Are they using your local people for the jobs or theirs? How is South America gonna benefit in the long run from this other than losing more of their land and resources?
OMG, please, please, don't say that stupidity!! With all the respect, lady, you should study a little bit more of China History. America has a lot to improve but at least they are the democratic way. China doesn't respect their own citizens. Do you think that feminism, LGBT rights, social inclusion exists in China? I'm sorry but we need to be real here. You exported that ideology from America. China way of life is a dictatorship, do you think they respect the other countries? So here we go, they manipulated markets, they export fake products, they contribute to global warming. We cannot be irresponsible or innocent to reproduce what you just commented.
This right here is what i always say in México, China treats you as partners, USA treats you like shit
I'd also side china.
China doesn't respect other countries' sovereignty. Ask all its Asian neighbors.
A perspective to consider:
The USA has been making and treating South America continent as its own backyard for decades. Unchallenged. It has enjoyed and exploit the continent for considerable amount of time, much during the golden age of its superpower till today. While there are benefits, however, it is also arguable that local people lives do not get necessarily better during all these decades.
(1) Perhaps, the unchallenged status contributes to such development, as we can see now when China or any other potential superpower rival makes its footstep in a new region, the resulting superpower’s competition do provide advantages for the locals in the form of higher political bargaining power that through all these times, the locals do not have. While it is too early to say if China’s investment will make locals’ lives better than during USA times, early observation seems to point out that the Chinese are dedicating more time, effort, energy and money than the US. This could be due to cultural differences, as the people in Eastern cultural sphere tend to have long-term view or view efforts from long-term angle while the Western cultural sphere tend to be the opposite. As such, it is an interesting time and a fresh new opportunity for the region.
(2) Historical developments do play a part as well. The US has been in long-term “fight” with the Soviet Union in spreading each other's influence (capitalism vs communism) throughout much of the second half of the 20th century until its victory after the collapse of the Soviet Union. These long-term efforts do shape how a country behave to a certain extent, such as in formulating its foreign policy. Perhaps there is a considerable focus in making sure many countries do not fall into opponent’s influence, which this of course, consume time, resources and efforts. As such, much of the past decades in South America region, we can arguably see more focus towards maintaining ideological influence grip than say, the economic development and political stability for the locals. The Chinese, however, as Shirvan also mentions, seems to put more focus on business and economy. While it is true that there has to be benefits for the superpowers, no matter who the superpower is, at this time, it is too early to see and compare how much better or worse the locals’ lives will be in the upcoming decades when comparing towards the new superpower vs maintaining the status quo. Nonetheless, it will be an interesting observation when different superpower put focus on different areas.
Why does this sound like a ChatGPT answer
Since Nixon, the US has done diddle squat in the region.
It’s always the same news….
A New US President gets elected , Latin American leaders go to DC for the customary ring kissing , do a few speeches at United Nations in NY that nobody listens to ( all bravado for their local press ) , and then things go back to the old same.
When Latin American leaders do their deals with another US sworn enemy, folks on Washington get a little pissy , air a few words of admonish, and we in the plantation ignore them.
Most of the US money kicking down lately are private equity deals. Cable TV networks , fast food restaurant chains ( through a local master franchisor ) , some manufacturing firms. Since the late 60’s , most large capital inlays have not come from America anymore.
@@tiagomd3811 He's not wrong though. It's essentially the same dynamic we Europeans have to face in Africa. There's a lot of historic mistrust that Europe needs to overcome if it wants to compete with China in Africa. The same is true for the US in Latin America. It is literally our western geopolitical chickens coming home to roost after decades of exploitation and neglect of what we considered "our backyard".
@@schtreg9140 I know he is not wrong. It was a quite polished answer, unlike the western exceptionalists in this comment section
Reality; Those who deal with the devil eventually get burned
This is a good thing for the Américas. Not that China is a saint, but competition with the US will make for better deals overall.
(Edit: bad english)
Also, the history of "trade" with Washington is very bad for all of the Américas
I think you mean competition and not conpetence
@@evilleader1991 thanks
I HATE this narrative in the west that where an entire area with history, people and culture is "a backyard" of an other country. It's disgusting and reflects the imperialist mentality still present in these countries.
It's the mentality of any empire. China wants Southeast Asia to be it's backyard. Russia wants Central Asia. France wants North Africa. Idk, but I'd bet Brazil views South America as it's backyard. The problem isn't the specific empire - the problem is empire.
It's only natural since there will always be countries trying to exert influence over smaller nearby countries. It's not like it can't change either, the UK went from being an imperial country with other's in it's backyard, to being in the backyard of one of it's former colonies.
@@fusion9619
in america the problem is the usakistani empire and their canadian pets.
@@fusion9619 Brazilian here, no we don't, because we just have most of latin america in neutral relations due to cultural apathy and language barrier from Brazil to others countries. We don't fight since Paraguay war in the 1800's, and we don't military involve in those countries, except Haiti for aid, because that's our military power now, we follow the diplomatic route for decades. How the fuck you think just because a bigger country is surrounded by many small ones it's a backyard, for some reason???
@@fusion9619 China is not an empire. You expose yourself as a biased person and are safe to ignore.
That title should be: “South America not being United States’ backyard anymore”
We aren't a backyard.
Lol when eastern Europe turned into US backyard I didn't see any complaints 😂
I do not see any complaints here eather. its an analysis not a complaint.
what is funny? do you have some mental probl3m?
The US: *sends death squads and equips fascist rebellions left and right*. Also the US: "Why do they hate us?"
There's growing political pressure here in Paraguay for the country to switch allegiance from the ROC to the PRC, due to how much money the country would earn by the new trade deals alone. It would be a big blow to Taiwan if that ends up happening, as the country is one of its oldest allies.
It's just about time, sooner or later Paraguay will recognize PRC as sole government of China.
The sooner is better because Paraguay can trade now rather than later, it's following others countries that switch recognition from ROC to PRC.
Not even the US or Japan recognize Taiwan and they are their closest allies.
@@FOLIPE And yet the US has military forces in the region, and both Japan and the US, and many others have said they will go to war against China if it attacks
There is what they want to say "That Taiwan is its own country" like everyone can already see and wants, and what China forces other countries to say or China will increasingly be hostile towards them,
There is a reason countries might be change their stance as you yourself acknowledge, China will force them too, and exclude and bully them if they do not do exactly what China wants them to do, these are not reasons to bow down and do as a dictator demands
Allies? Paraguay isn't an ally, allies come to their friends need when they need it most. What, at most would have Paraguay done? Wrote a strongly worded letter at the UN Aseembly? At best you were a neighbor with good relations. Taiwan only has a few real allies.
Yeah kp
All the countries you just talked about are American and in America. It's reinforces US exceptionalism to use such language. It might be an Anglo-Saxon thing. They also say they are from "Africa," the English speakers in South Africa. I'm sure if Australia hadn't massacred the other nations on its continent, I could say something about their appropriation of the continent as their nationality. Language affects culture. For example, in Spanish there is no distinction between abortion and miscarriage. Honduras has a full abortion ban in their constitution. Women who call emergency services may end up under arrest. We cannot reduce America to the United States.
"the Americans have chosen to step back from South American affairs"? Given their history of regime change in South America (and the rest of the world) they're really likely just "stepping into the shadows" 😂
Would have been very nice to speak about the relation between China and Latinamerica in terms of the COVID Vaccines also, Chile for example had priority for getting SINOVAC but that was also due to a scientific relation between China and Chile at one process of the making of the vaccine (I think one of the last trials) and I am sure that also happened with other latin countries. Most of the people vaccinated in south america are from chinese jabs and that speaks a lot about the influence of Beijing over south america.
So you had priority to buy expensive Chinese worthless vaccines? Okay.
@@omarmyia as far as I know they are cheaper, I know by fact also that their logistics is much easier (they dont have to be kept nearly as cold as moderna or pfeizer, which means easier transportation) and they are usefull. I understand that they are not as good as pfeizer or moderna to stop the spreading but they are as good to stop hospitilazation and death rates. You also see the numbers, Chile was from the first countries to have mass vaccination and it has done pretty well since some months after the mass vaccination started. You also have to Account that if they waited in line for having so much pfeizer or moderna shots they would have gotten them easily a year later, which means a year or so more of potentially closing big parts of the economy. I would say the vaccines payed themselves quite good.
Sinovac does not work. It was all PR. But do be friends with the country that inflicted Covid on the world and denied it up and down, saying the Gringos did it.
@@cliffc2546 And you say that with what source? Cause it would mean that the drastic drop of deaths, hospitilazation rates and spreading was due to the will of God All Mighty and Powerfull! 😅😂😂
Yes, most of the countries in Latin America and other regions had to use the Chinese vaccines because the vaccines from Western countries were not available, they had to vaccinate their population first and when they finished they began to give them to other countries.
South america as US backyard:👍
South america as China backyard:😡😡😡
😰😰😰
“imperial double standard is good👍”
USA propaganda,,China is x100 better amigo
China just said that Mid-East is Mid-Easterners' Mid-East.
Then US mad.
South America is South America, it is no one's backyard. Please show respect to people who live there.
Just by reading the comments made by so many people here, I can draw a fairly conclusive judgment: While the US had treated South America as its backyard and done for years, China has been treating all their friends in South America with respect and building win-win relationships at the same time. By the way, Brazil 🇧🇷 and China 🇨🇳 have just decided to trade with each country's local currency and done away with the US currency.
Brazil needs new democracy...The Eagle is in flight..no worries
The last time US was at risk of losing dominant influence in Latin America they had to do 2 decades worth of regime changes there. What stops US from doing the same again?
A country across the ocean of course 🤣
maybe China, lol
The coup in Bolivia and Peru sounds familiar? US is still doing it.
The US state department was behind the lawfare coup of 2016 in Brazil. I don't think they ever stopped. But the party removed back then is back in power now (by direct vote). The US achievements by this last coup was to elect Bolsonaro, a string of humanitarian, ecological and economic disasters.
That's true.
Good job South America, you are not someone's backyard. You are individual country, focus on self growth. love from india 🇮🇳
Thank you Indian brother, I hope you and Chinese people have a good relationship
They both BRICS nations! They need to work together!
@@Gemz0001 I am talking about South America, not specifically Brazil. Brazil is already an emerging powerhouse and others should follow it's lead
@@highhackerman3609 Obviously Brazil is in South America and been emerging power! Its better for BRICS nations to operate in South America!
South America is a continent, not a country
The Paranagua Port is not the "largest commercial port" in Brazil, as you said in 8:00, but the second largest. The largest one is Santos Port, which is near São Paulo.
This video is full of bullsh*t
Great video, but a correction needed: Chinese companies have much larger stakes in the other major lithium producing country, Australia, than in any of the four operating lithium mines in South America. Tianqi Lithium has a big stake in SQM's Salar de Atacama mine in Chile, but the other mine in Chile is owned by America's Albemarle and the two in Argentina are owned by America's Livent and Australia's Allkem. Meanwhile, Bolivia is a long way from ever achieving production. Of course, China would prefer to do business with South American countries than Australia, but that's another matter.
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China is welcome, not anglos
Yeap. And the creator of the video doesn't seem to worry much about projects in latinamerica owned by north american and european companies when they devastate the environment bribing political leaders. I see a big western ideological bias here.
I actually asked former MCPON Smith and he basically completely dismissed it with “when missiles go flying they’ll know which side to choose” and I feel like that arrogance is our downfall
You think arrogance is ya'll downfall? If that was the case, you wouldn't have lasted until now. Your downfall is just *history itself.* All of this is inevitable, and has been *known to be inevitable* for the past 160 years of extant socialist theory. The past ~50 years have been China signaling exactly what is going to happen as China develops. We have known this for decades, and simply refused to believe it. That's not arrogance -- that's utter stupidity. Blind ideology. Simple faith in capitalism itself is the capitalist West's undoing.
@@RosscoAW dude Unironcially you’re 200%. Stupidity AND the arrogance to acknowledge the shortcomings of capitalism. It was useful in the development of the nation but it’s gone too far
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@@indiasuperclean6969 LMAO I respect the dedication
@@indiasuperclean6969 ccp bot dedicatedly spa Ming the whole comment section. Just another day in glorious prc.
I like how you work so hard to make China's debt trap sound like a real thing.
I hope south america gets in a similar position to india and can get the best of the two worlds
👍🙂
We need to get south america out of Chinese grasp.
that's what we're aiming for; south america thrives in those kind of enviroments imo
and hopefully avoid ccp minions maligning a country's image in world stage.
keep an eye out for prc actors pretending to be from south asia.
So apparently sovereign nations trading is a bad thing on the free west
@@noelgrippen4707 Thanks for summing up western media bias.
@@missk1697 yea I’m sure a comment on a random RUclips video represents the media
if you trade with bad people, yes
@@007kingifrit the US is bad
@@lyszt wherever america goes happiness and security follow. wherever america leaves poverty and death set in
I for once welcome our chinese overlords.
We had american monopoly for almost two centuries here, and it didn't help at all. Perhaps the growing chinese influence will attract americans and compete, giving us proper deals and better prices.
better prices on what?
@@fusion9619 Literally the beginning of the video he called South America a resource cursed region..... Prolly that
commies ruined you
@@undead_6662 okay, so it's the Dutch Disease. That's malinvestment and underinvestment in things outside a given resource because that resource draws the majority of capital and capitalizes corruption. It's a domestic problem that won't be fixed by diversified buyers.
@@undead_6662 The resource curse is not a natural phenomenon. Having resources should not be detrimental, and history proves me right, most "resource havens" where highly succesful for the time (China is the prime example).
In current geopolitics, resource rich countries fall prey to imperialistic states, last century it was the USSR, USA, France and the UK. Resource rich countries sell those resources, and then they buy manufactured products, instead of making them themselves.
At worst this is what the IMF has been doing in the global south since its inception.
Authoritarianism exists in Africa and Middle East, as well as South America and Southeast Asia. Authoritarianism is pretty much the international rule, especially when you consider that many "democratic" countries are becoming increasingly illiberal (examples: Brazil, Hungary, Turkey).
China does not export its political ideology, unlike the arrogant West ("freedom and democracy"). Every country has the right to govern itself however it pleases. It's none of our business.
and that's a good thing
Yeah, the sheer hypocrisy of the democratic west forcing other countries to adopt their democracy or else be sanctioned .
Turkey has no history of liberalism. The battle between Islamists and the erstwhile Kemalian military have kept that country under constant turmoil. At present, Islamists-Turk Nationalists have the power, and the country is back to its default mode, i.e., chaos. Similarly, Hungary has never been liberal. Being a country in Balakan that has a history of violence perpetrated by Ottomans and Russians, it has for a major part of history been an illiberal state. Brazil is a similar country that used right-wing militias in the past to counter Marxist forces. The reality is that there has never been a true liberal state in the developing world.
@@AjayTiwari-en9nz Uruguay, Chile and Costa Rica are liberal democracies in Latin America.
Well, while having the same guy in charge for a quarter of a century so he can think in big infrastructure projects to boast his ego the idea of peacefully removing him and his cronies every 4 or 5 years if he ever becomes too, eh, self-absorbed is a very tempting proposition.
"China's backyard" that phrasing reveals a very unfortunate mindset.
In order to understand the growing influence of China on Latam but also Africa and southeast Asia we have to take a look at western (mainly US and Europe union) foreign policy towards the Global South in the past couple of years. Many goverments in those regions see China as a key ally to counterbalance US/EU power but also as an alternative to the West since many countries have seen how incoherent and hypocritical The US and europe sometimes are specially the US
Couldn't say better myself
In case it isnt clear by now, saying a whole continent is one countries "Backyard" is very insulting and the very reason why Latin America is rejecting the US atm
Good analysis. However, I sense there’s an antiChina or negativity toward China undertone. Bear in mind China is doing business all over the world. The biggest of which are USA and EU. Doing most business with democratic world reflects opposite to what you commentaries, that China favors authoritarian govt. it’s more like “forget about what types of government, let’s do business.” I notice your bias toward China is creeping up, maybe because of your readership or sponsorships.
probably his common sense shining through
Your common sense would also tell you how dangerous and arrogant Americans and Europeans are.
@@driss3946 in an ignorant persons view of history sure but presently it isn't the EU harvesting organs, committing genocide and readying an army for an invasion of Taiwan.
@@GayvonFartin Yeah, who cares about facts and genuine analysis, "cOmMoN sEnSe" will solve it all 🤣
@@missk1697 Being highly skeptical of China comes from genuine analysis and common sense. You really though you made a point here but you just look upset.
As someone already said here, Chancay port is a private investment nothing to do with the military, and legally in Peru there are no state companies that could invest in the new port.
Also the investment is about 3 billion for the whole project, 1.2 billion for the first part.
That private can become state in a heartbeat. You just wont see it coming
@@tomasszahars7409 You don't know Peru's history or laws if you think that.
@@celdur4635 I meant that China can overtake their private companies in shadows. Just have to be careful as giving a small finger can leading to a lot more. China is smart and cautious about it where US was perhaps blatant. Only point I am making is, that you jace to be very careful and aware.
@@tomasszahars7409 I c. You mean China can. Sure, but they are 10k kilometers away from South America, even if they take over legally, so what?.
Los AFP´s no pueden?
A correction: in Ecuador the Coca-codo-sinclair hidroelectric project is plagued with technical problems and the last 2 presidents are under investigation for accepting chinese bribes, even the chinese ambassador to Ecuador was accused of bribery and the project is not finnished
'China doesn't care if governments are authoritarian or democratic' - Because of course USA cared a lot about that when they supported coups to put the said authoritarian governments in place, as in Brazil, right? Or maybe like USA cares a lot about the democracy in Saudi Arabia? I used to consider this channel as reliable when it talked about other regions, but now that it talks about south America that I know better I start to reconsider it.
Democracy has always been a product of socialism, not capitalism. Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States stole the word democracy. With regard to Chinese style democracy, I would like to introduce that China implements Democratic centralism and the political consultation system. In addition to the CPC, there are eight democratic parties in China. They participate in political discussions and make final decisions. We will formulate the next development plan every five years. So, in China, there is no party struggle or ethnic division. The majority of people reach a consensus, and the rest is to follow the plan. This is why the Chinese miracle happened. The current social situation in the United States is the best rating for its political system
China's authoritarianism only exists in the reports of Western media. In China, no one or party can decide a thing. We will promote collective decisions
Brazilian here.
You went a little too dramatic on the surveillance system in São Paulo, i live here and that deal was made over 5 years ago on a previous state govt and the project is already paid.
interesting vid, I would have liked to see the numbers on loans from US companies as well
And IMF loans.
Yes, it would be interesting to see actual comparitive direct investment numbers to illustrate the point that China is clearly overtaking and rapidly replacing the US in the region.
Its hilarious he didn't mention western countries still overwhelmingly hold the majority of debt in the global south, its not even close. Chinese debt comes with infrastructures and real products, western debt comes with coups and stock buybacks, and sinophobic westerners are mad ppl chose real benefits every single time, so they concern troll non-white countries as if we are just all too stupid to pick better deals, its fundamentally racist and insulting.
The interesting thing about China's global reach is it's not the first time they brought about a prosperous era of trade. In the fifteenth century it was seen as a sign from heaven that the Emperor ( now Xi Jinping) was meant to rule over China. China didn't require overseas military intervention, it's superior navy and again, it's own sense of belonging to a successful trading nation were enough. We will see whether this remains true today.
likely in several centuries later at the soonest
the one child policy really was china shooting itself in the foot and worsen its own population aging
Can people stop calling any Latin American country anybody’s backyard???
Terrible title. The definition of backyard regarding Latin American was named by an American President. So
And what is wrong with china investment on South America?
Why do you think they are investing and who do you think is going to benefit the most in the long run? South America needs to block out foreigners including the US and esp. China and make their own future happen with their resources IMO
@@Mra5000- Wrong, they need China and China needs them. As for the US, they will go the way of the Dodo bird, extinct and forgotten.
If China's presence in Latin America is a problem, why don't you give the Latin Americans a better deal?
Why would you put "partners in crime" in the video thumbnail?
He is a Western stooge these days. Too biased.
I just noticed, damn that seems unprofessional
He's Western bot, a paid troll
@@protagonist9716 I enjoyed his videos for years, but something changed on some videos about China, then Russia.
he meant both china and all of south america are partners in "crimes" against the USA specifically
Your biases are starting to show..
If the United States had not treated South and Central America & the Caribbean as neocolonial stepchildchildren the trade that could have been would have made it so that China would still be far behind in terms of economic power. It is one of the greatest missed opportunities in modern global economics and politics.
Do extremely wealthy folks think to themselves? - “
well I currently have enough money to buy anything I could ever need or want for the rest of my life. I think I’ll ruin some lives and the environment for a few dollars more.”
These countries have experts and advisors and they know what is best for them
was this channel always so biased or have they just stopped trying to hide it
it always was, but at least they are making an effort to inform something beside china bad
pro west pro OTAN, es una pena
Thanks China... you deal with us.. like adult people and not like children
There is nothing to be grateful for. We Chinese people only want to do business, and we believe that everyone has the right to pursue happiness, rather than becoming victims of politics
We Chinese never regard any cointries or regions as "backyards" . we don't talk like that. China just unites strength that can be united.
China or CCP?
its fortunate thats the case because all of china's regional neighbours feel displeased at china, none of them even accept to be china's so called backyard (maybe cambodia is the closest example i can muster), not that china doesnt want to have a backyard
china pushes its neighbours away to gain friends across the ocean
Don't get PIA. Terrible VPN
Finally South America in spotlight
Last time on 1498 lol
it is a good piece of anti-chinese propaganda. You managed to insult the latin american countries in the process.
You do realize that when it comes to grabbing other countries natural resources like Oil and in this case Lithium, no country did it better than the British, US, French, and all these countries that are suppose to respect human rights and ethical work conditions.
The USA has become too "drug addicted" in the form of deficit spending, especially in the last 20 years or so, and I don't see that trend reversing. It's Federal Reserve Bank is the largest owner of its Treasury's debt, which means the government is printing money that will be impossible to unwind.
The USA still has a strong military but it's ability to be the dominant force in world economics affairs is in decline.
In the end we all look after our own economic interests.
Can everyone who sees CaspianReport as biased to the point of inaccuracy please explain to me where they get this idea?
As if European countries or US are carrying about democracy.. that’s not important as long as the countries are doing what’s expected.. and if that is not happen anymore then they place other governments or support’s what currently fits best in their interests..
The US has lost ground in Latin America, mainly because over at least the last fifty years, we have given those countries various raw (bad) deals.
Now the China has come into cash, it is offering better arrangements than we have.
Saying Latin Americans don't care for labour laws is insulting. I can damn well guarantee you we care more for our workers than the Americans as the very least.
We are an extractive region which has always been forced to follow the path of an empire. Now we are getting to choose. For once, our destiny is in our hands.
What makes you think that you are special compared to all of the other countries that China has done business with? We have already seen the result in other countries who had similar plans. (This is not meant to offend, just a word of caution.)
There are better labor laws and many more unions in Argentina than in the USA. Being the USA a power with unprotected workers as if it were a poor country.
CaspianReport, a well known US propergandist in every posting with regards to China
Is what he is saying not true and being used for propaganda?
he is georgian
remember how georgia failed to get NATO membership
I'm not sure what its like in other major countries, but I know in Australia some people are always complaining about how much money we spend on Foreign Aid AND complain about China's expansion.
Then this kind of thing happens.
Terraform your interior desert, then you'll have the population and economy to do more than complain.
The secret is aid in the form of investments that benefit both countries, rather than unsustainable charity. The West unfortunately seems to favor short-term solutions.
America is busy sanctioning, while China is busy securing mineral extraction.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
makes sense that many South American countries are so willing to cooperate with China.
The US coup'ed almost every South American nation, with most of the victims being legitimate politicians who simply aimed to bring their countries out the American economic sphere of reliance. Chile's coup even happened on 9/11 (1973), thus they have their own tragic event on that date.
Plus, any nation is willing to take investments from people willing to do so. The continent is severly undeveloped and such ventures by Chinese companies bring jobs, and helps to access such resources. The situation in South America can be seen as realpolitk, or a move by both China and its South American clients to spite the US.
Don't mention history. The Yankoids get upset.
@@elephantman2112 they can be upset all they want, it doesnt change anything and their actions will bite them later.
@@Schizz76 Can karma actually be real if Henry Kissinger is somehow still alive? I think not.
@@elephantman2112 Yanks are ridiculous and delusional
@@elephantman2112 just call them simps, liberals, Capitalist Children ...
The video should be called “China success in South America makes western nations salty “
The Uyuni salt flat is Bolivia's territory btw, and it isn't in that triangle shown at the beginning
Wish you could do a video of China brokered deal between Iran and Saudi
It was not China brokered. It was Iraqi brokered but hosted in China…. The Chinese are taking credit for work done by the Iraqi’s
@@SuperSaiyanED I wonder if USA really wanted peace and stability, why didn't it hosted it instead? Still a big blow to the so called hegemony of the west and its world police claims.
They didn't
@@SuperSaiyanED lol cope harder.
Iran and Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry literally thanked China and I quote: "The two sides also expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the leadership and government of the People's Republic of China for hosting and sponsoring the talks, and the efforts it placed towards its success."
China brokered the deal between Iran and Saudi. Incredible achievement! One step closer to friendly ties and prosperity for all nations.
this is great for us brasilians, and calling "authoritarian china" and comparing it to pinochet and all the others is nonesense. Communism grows, for the best of all humanity! Hasta irmãos!
Communism represents the interests of the poor, including workers and farmers
Why do I get the feeling the US is going to come offer South America some democracy pretty soon?
😂😂It's not just you haha we know that one time or another it will happen and in the very near future
Yeah, like they tried before in the 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, ...
At least it’s not America
Hi @CaspianReport , I was wondering if you were going to make a video on the recent Saudi-Iran deal that China made possible?
Thanks!
Btw your content is usually of good quality, keep it up :)
he'd likely make it sound like it's terrible and how bad it'd be for 'global stability' or whatever nonsense he spouts.
he would say that it would destroy the world and that the us and israel need to nuke iran and saudi to have global peace.
China's backyard? don't even compare US-South america relation to China-South america relation because that's laughable
Glad to see a video about this. The US has forgotten about SA, too focused on Europe and the rest of Europe is too focused on Africa, nothing new.
As an Ecuadorian, I also believe that diversifying trade partners is good, but I disagree with comments that see China as an angel. Like other nations, it has its own interests, as was the case in Sri Lanka
Not to mention that the project "Coca Codo Sinclair" is now in ruins due to multiple structural failures, as well as other investments that they have made here.
I love it the south americans are calling out this western propaganda tool 😂
Geopolitics videos on RUclips:
if USA does it = good 👍☺️
if China does it = bad 👎😤
It's more a function of ideology.
If a relatively democratic free country does it = good
If a communist totalitarian country does it = bad
Pardon me for not using emojis.
@@ron88303 what's democratic about forcing democratically elected governments out of power and replacing them with a brutal military dictatorship that murders the opposition?
@@afgor1088 Not denying that. But how many military dictators are there today, and how many of those are supported by the U.S.? Also look at U.S. foreign aid to South American countries. It's not trivial. Bottom line is China's investment in South America will both help that region and enable the U.S. to use it's dollars to purchase goods instead of providing foreign aid.
why backyard? china wants no backyard, but partnership.