China Goes to Latin America For Oil, Minerals—and Water

While Obama meets with Latin American leaders this weekend to discuss US relations, he’ll be doing so in the shadow of a newer growing player in the region: China. While the economic crisis unnerves Latin American leaders, the Chinese government is stepping in with money for the area’s abundant natural resources. Among them: soybeans, which China used to export, but which its increasingly arid land can no longer support in large quantities.

The new links to Latin America might be viewed in parallel with China’s ties to Africa, its major go-to place for natural resources.
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