In the absence of U.S. leadership, China is filling the void in Latin America WashTimesOpEd
The president’s initiatives, ambitious though they may be, have produced bitter fruit, including a looming debt crisis and the kind of inflation no American consumer has experienced for two generations.
Not enough people are paying attention to what’s happening in Latin America, though. China is building important relationships with our neighbors to the south even as tens of thousands of the people who live there are reportedly headed toward Mexico’s northern border intent on crossing into the United States when they reach it.
Mr. Biden is also on the wrong side in the Dominican Republic, where President Luis Abinader is employing “preventive detention” methods to keep his knee on the throat of his political opponents. In March, more than a dozen opposition figures were jailed without charge, including his 2020 presidential opponent. Many of them will stay locked up until after the next election.
Instead of applying pressure, the Biden administration has designated the Dominican Republic as “a bright spot for democracy” — a designation Mr. Abinader exploits for propaganda purposes that mock the administration’s commitment to human rights. In 2021, Adm. Craig S. Faller, who leads the U.S. Southern Command, warned, “We are losing our positional advantage in this Hemisphere, and immediate action is needed to reverse this trend.”Make no mistake: Preventive detention is a favorite tool of dictators and wannabes who fear the people will toss them out of power if given a chance. In that respect, there is little difference between China and the Dominican Republic.
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