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Colombia, historically the most obedient US client regime in Latin America, is joining the Belt and Road Initiative! (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21080081

https://xcancel.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1842789775968759982#m

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

ELI5?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative

They're gonna accept money from China in exchange for favorable trade deals.

[–] multi_regime_enjoyer@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If it amounts to anything, Colombia will get infrastructure projects and we will get salty WAPO opeds