/ world today news/ “The visiting head of the United States Southern Command, General Laura Richardson, spoke with Argentine officials about China’s influence in Latin America.” This was reported by local media regarding the meeting between the two countries on April 17.
Earlier during her visit to Buenos Aires, US First Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman also demanded that Argentina be “careful” in developing relations with China.
Not only Richardson and Sherman, but other American government officials have recently rushed to Argentina. In early April, Republican John Cornyn visited the country and expressed concern about Argentina’s cooperation with China. Afterward, Christopher Hansen, chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said in Argentina that there were risks and “inconveniences” to the Argentina-China nuclear partnership. Richardson and Sherman arrived soon after them, and they were all talking about China.
Why is the United States doing this? According to an Argentine media analysis, since taking office, US President Joe Biden has reinforced his predecessor’s policy of suppressing and containing China, and the country does not want Chinese influence in Latin America or the world. But times are different now. Latin American countries are striving for unity, cooperation and development, and their call for independence is growing stronger.
In the late 19th century, former Mexican president José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori once complained that his country was “too far from God, but too close to America.” What is happening in Latin America today confirms the views of the Argentine media that at the moment when emerging market countries are working on their development, Latin America can change its history and destiny and no longer “stand too close to the United States .
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