China Stakes Its Claim in Latin American Energy:
| What It Means for the Region, the U.S. and Beijing | 1 |
| China_LAC Energy_Jan 27_JMM at 12pm.pdf | 3 |
| Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), loans and investments from the People’s Republic of China have financed an impressive array of projects in infrastructure, energy and mining. Energy projects include oil, gas, electric power generation an... | 3 |
| minerals. | 3 |
| Where does the money come from? | 4 |
| China’s energy engagement in LAC | 6 |
| China-Latin America: A big push in renewable energy and electric power transmission | 7 |
| China-Latin America and strategic minerals | 10 |
| The U.S. Government response to China’s strategic mineral engagement | 15 |
| The Biden Administration and China-LAC relations: What to do? | 17 |
| China’s Oil & Gas investments in LAC | 19 |
| Challenges for China and its Latin America partners in energy | 23 |
| Since 2000, the scope of Chinese investment, trade, and loans in the LAC region has, except for the last few years, expanded significantly. By 2013, Chinese policy bank loans had already surpassed the financial backing provided by Latin America’s long... | 23 |
| A debt trap and hidden debt - A global financial quandary | 24 |
| Labor issues: LAC Workers want equal wages | 26 |
| Governance: How much influence does China have? | 27 |
| Environmental issues dog Chinese projects | 30 |
| Rainforest burnt for cattle ranching in Brazil. | 30 |
| Community response to environmental damage | 32 |
| Conclusion | 34 |
| Sources | 37 |
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