WASHINGTON–China’s rapidly growing economic influence and frantic purchase of infrastructure in Latin America could be readily turned into critical assets to be used against the United States in the event of a military conflict, according to a researcher studying China’s involvement in the region.
Latin America has increasingly been an important focus of China’s attempt to build a foothold in the Western Hemisphere, said Evan Ellis, a research professor in Latin American studies at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute.
