Lessons from Paraguay and Guyana’s brushes with Chinese vaccine diplomacy
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Only four months into 2021, China is the leading exporter of COVID-19 vaccines, largely sending doses to the same developing countries prioritized by the COVAX program. Due to this dominant role in vaccine distribution, the ambition and capability of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to affect the political affairs of nations across Latin America and the Caribbean has only grown. Recent events in Guyana and Paraguay show that COVID-19 vaccines have influenced governments, either directly or indirectly, toward Beijing’s political preferences. For Latin American and Caribbean countries looking to resist Chinese political pressure, it will be essential for nations across the hemisphere especially the United States to act quickly and cooperate in ways that can limit the influence of the PRC.
Saber-rattling and high stakes in Guyana’s geopolitical neighborhood
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On January 7, 2021 one day after insurrectionist rumblings shook Washington, D.C. Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro engaged in some saber-rattling of his own with the issuing of Decree No. 4.415, which claimed exclusive Venezuelan sovereignty over the waters and seabed off of Guyana’s coast, west of the Essequibo River. Maduro’s decree created a strategic zone called the “Territory for the Development of the Atlantic Façade,” which extends 200 nautical miles from the Orinoco Delta into the Caribbean Sea.
According to President Maduro, the establishment of this zone represents a “part of the battery of legal, diplomatic, political and State actions to defend our sacred rights of 200 years of the Republic.” The decree provides for a single authority to manage all aspects of the “strategic area.” It has a Board of Directors with r
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President tells Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana leaders China is firm friend
China stands ready to enhance vaccine cooperation with Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.
He also called on the two countries to play an active role in promoting China s relations with the Caribbean countries as well as with the entire region.
China stands ready to enhance vaccine cooperation with Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.
He also called on the two countries to play an active role in promoting China s relations with the Caribbean countries as well as with the entire region.
Xi made the remarks in phone conversations with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister Keith Rowley of Trinidad and Tobago.
Speaking with Ali, Xi said that China and Guyana, though geographically far from each other, have achieved fruitful results in cooperation in all fields since the establishment of diplomatic ties.