Publication: China Brief Volume: 21 Issue: 10
May 21, 2021 01:08 PM
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Brazil’s then-Minister of Mines and Energy Fernando Coelho Filho spoke at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Belo Monte-Rio de Janeiro UHV DC transmission line project on September 28, 2017, to be constructed and operated by the China State Grid subsidiary Xingu Rio Transmissora de Energia. (Source: Sohu).
Introduction
On March 31, Chilean regulators unconditionally approved the $3 billion sale of Chile’s Compañía General de Electricidad (CGE) to the Chinese state-owned electric utility company State Grid (InfoBae, March 31). The deal follows China Southern Power Grid’s 2018 purchase of a 27.7 percent interest in Transelec for $1.3 billion; China Water and Electric (CWE)’s purchase of Atiaia Energy and State Grid’s $2.23 billion acquisition of Chilquinta Energia, giving Chinese companies control of 57 percent of total electricity transmission in the country (Transelec, March 15, 2018;
R. Evan Ellis
Dr. Evan Ellis is a research professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, with a focus on the region’s relationships with China and other non-Western Hemisphere actors. He has published over 280 works including three books on Chinese engagement in Latin America. Dr. Ellis previously served as on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff (S/P) with responsibility for Latin America and the Caribbean (WHA).
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Democrats ask Biden to move quickly to send vaccines to Latin America
Pressure is mounting for the United States to assist countries experiencing health collapse.
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Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to extend its Âvaccine diplomacy to Latin America, where some experts say the United States has fallen behind China in terms of providing assistance to local health systems.
Facing pressure to do more to help other countries, on Monday Biden administration officials announced that they will make up to 60 million doses of AstaZeneca vaccine available to other countries, provided that federal regulators deem the doses safe. The move came after President Joe Biden spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, which is facing a growing humanitarian crisis.
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By Ryan Dube The election of a market-friendly banker to Ecuador s presidency will provide a new ally for the U.S. in Latin America, a region awash with populist leaders whose priorities often don t align with Washington s. But Guillermo Lasso, who on Sunday handily beat his leftist rival, will also need to court the Biden administration s biggest rival, China. Mr. Lasso, who is 65, has the challenge of digging his country out of its worst economic crisis in a generation, product of a Covid-19 pandemic that has killed more than 17,000 people. Lasso, if nothing else, is very pragmatic, and in Ecuador today that demands close relationships with the United States and also China, said Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based policy group. The country is in dire straits, and taking sides or excluding one of the countries is not realistic.