China-Taiwan Tension, the Unseen Risk for Latin America
The region is ill-prepared to confront the potential economic consequences of a conflict.
For most Latin Americans, the region is beset by more acute security challenges than the fate of the One China policy. These include a surge in criminality affecting political stability as well as homegrown and quixotic irredentism. Anemic economic growth—The Economist Intelligence Unit forecast that the region will grow by a mere 1.7% this year—and a high level of corruption also keep voters' minds squarely looking inward. However, there are reasons for cautious optimism, too. The war in Ukraine and the rising tensions in the Middle East dominate the news, so the situation in the...
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