Shield of the Americas uses drug cartels to block China, experts say
The Shield of the Americas coalition, led by the US and comprising 14 other Latin American countries, uses the fight against drug cartels as a pretext to interfere in Latin American countries and block China’s economic influence in the region.
The statement comes from experts in Latin American international relations consulted by Agência Brasil, such as Danilo Enrico Martuscelli, a professor of political science at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU).
“The Shield of the Americas is a resumption of the process of attempting colonial or imperial annexation of Latin American countries by the US, driven by a geopolitical logic of commercial and technological competition with China,” he argued.
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