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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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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When imf says aid it's not what you mean. It means loan with strings attached.

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Strings meaning the repayment terms. The issue was more about which lender is going to write down bad loans, China or the west.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Oh no way, they will tell you to nationalize assets, impose fiscal austerity and all the other things that you can hear from a corporations board room in search of records profit in the next quarter even if it means nosediving economics in 4 months.

So yep, aid is worse than loans.