Is China Becoming a Hegemonic Challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean? A Political Economy Analysis of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal Project

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (01) ◽  
pp. 1740002
Author(s):  
YEN-PIN SU ◽  
OSCAR-RENÉ VARGAS DELGADO
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Chinese Banks ◽  
Political Economy Analysis ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Interoceanic Canal

In this article, we provide a theoretical and empirical evaluation of the argument that China is becoming a hegemonic challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). We argue that, while there is a trend that China has become increasingly dominant in the economic affairs of LAC, the perceived strength of China as a challenger to the U.S. hegemony is shaped by different strategies of Chinese involvement. Focusing on the financing arrangement for infrastructure projects, our case study of the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal project shows that the challenge that China has posed to the U.S. hegemony might not be as strong as expected. We analyze the controversies revolving around the Canal project and examine how local communities have responded to the project. We conclude that, while the Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal project is ambitious, its success depends on how much support the PRC government and Chinese banks provide and how well the Nicaraguan government addresses the various concerns of the local communities.

Social, Political, and Environmental Impacts in Latin America

2018 ◽  
pp. 284-318
Author(s):  
Rhys Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Caribbean

Rather less has been written about the social, political, and environmental impacts of China on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) than the economic impacts. In terms of social impacts, the chapter considers the effects in terms of both employment and the way in which Chinese companies in the extractive industries have affected local communities. In LAC, discussion of the political implications have mainly focussed on whether or not China’s growing presence represents a threat to US interests in the region, but there is no evidence that China is exercising undue political influence in the region as the case studies of Brazil and Venezuela illustrate. There is little systematic evidence concerning the environmental impacts, although the case of soybeans illustrates the potential negative consequences of growing demand from China.

Supporting Learner Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy in Virtual Environments

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-72
Author(s):  
Minkie O. English ◽  
Rozanne Dioso-Lopez ◽  
Salika A. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Social Emotional Learning ◽  
Community Of Learners ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Community Based Learning ◽  
The Caribbean

An exploratory and descriptive case study of the experiences of secondary learners at a community-based learning center on the Caribbean coast in Latin America, this study explores how the Casa Morpho Community of Learners (CoL) model met the socio-emotional (SEL) and literacy needs of adolescents within various virtual environments during the quarantine in Costa Rica. Using lesson plans, teachers' reflective notes, and a developed Learners reflective survey, the following questions were addressed: 1) How did Casa Morpho's curriculum support learners in virtual environments, and with their SEL and literacy needs during the COVID-19 pandemic? 2) What practices were used and how do learners perceive those experiences?

scholarly journals Empirical Evaluation of Environmental Preferences: A Case Study

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-204
Author(s):  
Dilip Pendse ◽  
J. B. Wyckoff
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Environmental Preferences ◽  
Wilderness Area ◽  
Recreation Area ◽  
Bottle Bill ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Field Burning ◽  
Hells Canyon

In the eyes of environmentally concerned citizens, Oregon has set a splendid example. Their “bottle bill” was instrumental in reducing can and bottle litter on beaches, highways, and recreational and camping sites by 49 percent. A field burning ban becomes effective in 1975 to protect air quality. Legislation enacted in 1972 will remove billboards from its highways and interstate roads by 1975. A regulation to protect 820,000 acres of wilderness area from development was also adopted in 1972. Last year (1973) senators Robert Packwood and Mark Hatfield of Oregon and senators Frank Church and James McClure of Idaho jointly introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate to create a unique Hells Canyon National Recreation Area.

Soviet Interests in Latin America: New Opportunities and Old Constraints

1984 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Raymond Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Caribbean Basin ◽  
Soviet Policy ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S

The October 1983 crisis in Grenada left little doubt that the Soviet and Cuban presence had been expanding in the Caribbean basin. But the October crisis did not answer questions regarding the extent of their actual influence there, nor the direction it might take in the future, nor even what the most appropriate U.S. policy responses should be to that influence elsewhere in the region. Therefore, in the wake of the U.S. occupation of Grenada and the evidence it uncovered about the degree of Soviet and Cuban activity there, it is useful to examine the kind of situations that have encouraged the Soviets to expand their presence and/or influence in Latin America. At the same time, it equally is useful to examine the limitations or constraints on such an expanded presence or influence.Clearly, Soviet policy in Latin America has been the product of two conflicting forces or tendencies.

State Autonomy and the Crisis of Import Substitution

1989 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
HENRI J. BARKEY
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
State Autonomy ◽  
Great Expectations ◽  
State Dynamic ◽  
Loss Of Autonomy

Import Substituting Industrialization (ISI) strategies that were instituted with great expectations in Latin America and elsewhere have not produced the desired results. Instead, ISI has been blamed for giving rise to inefficient economic structures and even for the emergence of Bureaucratic Authoritarian States. This article argues that the problems generally attributed to ISI are, in fact, due to a lack of state autonomy. What causes the loss of autonomy is the emergence of powerful and fiercely competing private sector interests intent on maximizing their share of “economic rents.” The resulting private sector-state dynamic hampers the formulation of long-term policies. The operation of this dynamic is demonstrated through a case study of Turkey in the 1970s, where the state, paralyzed by private sector competition, just witnessed the collapse of its political economy.

Remittances from the U.S. to Latin America and the Caribbean: Following the Money Journey

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Martin ◽  
Danielle Sobol ◽  
Barbara Magnoni ◽  
Elizabeth Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The U.S
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