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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have forged alliances throughout Central America, "a region characterized by strongmen and weak institutions," writes former Nicaraguan ambassador Arturo McFields. |
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In 2023, he writes, "China expelled Taiwan from the Central American Parliament, and now Russia has won a seat as permanent observer in this regional institution." Russia's prominence in Central America is a particular problem, says McFields. It "is a present danger and a future threat to peace, democracy and security, not only for Central America, but for the entire hemisphere." McFields' native Nicaragua has facilitated many of Russia's financial and diplomatic incursions into the region, including the establishment of a Russian military training center whose aim "is to repress civil society and pulverize civil liberties." Several regional countries have given Russia the cold shoulder since its invasion of Ukraine. Even so, "Central America runs the risk of becoming a chess piece of war-like extra-regional powers." Nicaragua is opening its doors to other tyrannical regimes, including Iran and North Korea – constituting "a geopolitical threat that needs to be monitored, investigated and sanctioned." "The U.S. must strengthen its leadership in Central America and not underestimate the presence of dangerous superpowers in its backyard," McFields cautions. Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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