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Central America is one of Taiwan’s only remaining diplomatic strongholds.
The Inter-American Dialogue recently launched an updated version of its China-Latin America Finance Database.
Chinese lending to Latin America and the Caribbean hit an all-time high of $37 billion in 2010.
The Nicaragua Canal saga continues, with discrepancies emerging between Chinese and Nicaraguan statements.
Since 2005, China has provided upwards of $87 billion in loan commitments to Latin American countries.
A new web site provides information in three languages on the HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Ltd. (HKND).
A committee in Nicaragua’s General Assembly voted to approve a concession for a Chinese firm to build a Panama Canal alternative in Nicaragua.
Chinese loan commitments to Latin America have totaled approximately $75 billion since 2005.
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