The State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said on May 15 that the United States will oppose international groups funding Chinese regime-backed projects in Colombia, a day after the South American nation signed a pact to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
“The U.S. will strongly oppose recent projects and upcoming disbursements by the @the_IDB and other IFIs for Chinese state-owned and controlled companies in Colombia (and other BRI countries in the region),” the bureau stated on social media, referring to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and other international financial institutions.
