Article 11: China and Latin America, from Neo-Colonialism to Interdependence? The case of Brazil
| Autor | Angela Piedad Suárez Torres |
| Cargo | Internacionalista, Mg Política Internacional, Docente Programa de Derecho Faculta de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas Internacionales, Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos, Tunja, Boyacá |
| Páginas | 185-194 |
Dimensión Empresarial 16(1) Página | 185
ARTICLE 11
CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA, FROM NEO-COLONIALISM TO INTERDEPENDENCE? THE
CASE OF BRAZIL1
CHINA Y AMÉRICA LATINA, ¿DESDE EL NEOCOLONIALISMO HASTA LA INTERDEPENDENCIA? EL
CASO DE BRASIL
CHINA E AMÉRICA LATINA, DA NEO-COLONIALISMO À INTERDEPENDÊNCIA? O CASO DO BRASIL
Angela Piedad Suárez Torres2
CITATION
Suárez-Torres, Angela P. (2018) China and Latin America, from neo-colonialism to interdependence? The case of
Brazil. Dimensión Empresarial, 16(1), 185-194. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15665/dem.v16i1.1385
Since the late 1980s the development of the Chinese partnership with some Latin American countries has been
strengthened and today it has become the third largest trade partner of the region. Despite the success of this relationship
based on the great concentration of natural resources in the region discussions and doubts rise about who is the winner
of this deal. The Chinese market represented the best option for Latin American countries after the economic crisis of
2008 and their need of new trading partners, as for China such rich source of raw materials is the support to continue
its economic growth.
Some social groups and labour unions consider this relationship as disadvantageous for Latin America, and it can be
argued that this is a new type of colonisation. The region was victim of the European colonisation and today those
countries are independents and sovereign states, but still the region remains as the influence area of the United States
which plays a role of Imperialist dominance that not only covers the economic but the political and security sectors. In
addition to this framework China comes as a new player in the region but in this case the main interests are the extraction
of resources, a market for its manufactured products and the competition with Taiwan for diplomatic recognition (He,
2007). For this reason, in countries such as Brazil and by regional organizations it has been considered the design of
new strategies of cooperation to improve the advantages of this relationship and move from a position of Neo-
colonialism in Latin America by China to an Interdependent relationship.
The purpose of this essay is from the general framework of the Chinese relationship with Latin America in the last two
decades to analyse the case of Brazil and argue why this type of partnership can be considered as a new type of
colonisation and to open the option for a change of status directed to an interdependent relationship between China
and Latin America.
1 Reflexión libre a partir del texto de Watts (2013). Recha de recepción 27/07/2017. Fecha de aceptación 30/11/2017.
2 Internacio nalista, Mg Política Internacional, Docente Programa de Derecho Faculta de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas
Internacionales, Fundación Universitaria Juan de Castellanos, Tunja, Boyacá, w ww.jdc.edu.co/. Correo: asuarez@jdc.edu.co
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