Political Economy of Chinese Cooperation in Latin America: Continuities, Ruptures, Limits and Contradictions

The current world system is undergoing a progressive shift of political and economic power from the West to the East. This article explores the continuities, ruptures, contradictions and limits of the traditional and emerging models of international cooperation, focusing on China’s financing alternatives for Latin America. This qualitative research, which traces theoretical elements from the Washington, Beijing and commodity consensuses in regional economic dynamics. In a context of crisis of official development assistance (ODA), China enters Latin America through a discourse of horizontality and mutual benefits, however, it ends up imposing its interests and reproducing historical asymmetries of Western partners. The conclusions indicate that the conditions of Chinese cooperation are evident in the awarding of investment projects to Chinese companies by recipient countries and a notable alignment of their national public policies with the interests of the Asian giant.

• Auteur principal: Viola Reyes, Carolina (author)
• Autres auteurs: Mora Vera, Daniela (author)
• Format: article
• Langue: spa
• Publié: 2025
• Sujets: ayuda oficial al desarrollo; Consenso de Washington; Consenso de Beijing; cooperación sur-sur; economía política; estrategia global china; inversión extranjera; hegemonía; economía internacional; desarrollo; capitalismo; materias primas; geopolítica; Banco Mundial; official development assistance; Washington Consensus; Beijing Consensus; South-South cooperation; political economy; Chinese global strategy; foreign investment; hegemony; international economy; development; capitalism; commodities; geopolitics; World Bank
• Accès en ligne: https://revistas.iaen.edu.ec/index.php/estado_comunes/article/view/399