Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America

Autores
González Levaggi, Ariel; Ventura Barreiro, Vicente
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: Gonzalez-Levaggi, Ariel. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Centro de Estudios Internacionales; Argentina
Fil: Gonzalez-Levaggi, Ariel. Investigaciones Estratégicas y Navales de la Armada Argentina; Argentina
Fil: Ventura Barreiro, Vicente. Universidad del Salvador; Argentina
L atin America is slowly becoming a venue for the United States’ strategic competition with Russia and China. Despite the regional illusions during the early 21st century, the Brazilian leadership of Latin America has disappeared, regional integration has lost its climax and external state actors have increasing geoeconomic interests throughout the Western Hemisphere from the Rio Grande to Antarctica. To complicate matters further, COVID-19 has impacted Latin America more deeply than other regions, thus expanding the range of health, economic, and security needs in the continent. China and Russia have appeared as alternative providers of medical equipment, humanitarian aid, and vaccines, thus trying to replace the traditional role of Western developed nations, especially the United States, on the continent. COVID-19 is aggravating the structural economic and social burdens on Latin American countries. Higher unemployment and the increase in poverty may lead to turbulent political times and have serious implications for regional security. Do poverty, violence and corruption open the door for extra-regional great powers in Latin America? If former U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander Admiral Craig Faller is right,1 Latin America will fail to follow an “active non-alignment”2 and will be increasingly caught between hard external choices and facing a wide range of domestic emergencies. Venezuela is a leading case. As populists’ failed reforms and Maduro’s authoritarian path, even the Caracas’ golden apple—its oil industry—imploded, while China and Russia rushed not only to support their distant partner, but also to collect debts. Valuable commodities are being exchanged for debt and the Venezuelan people have become poorer and hopeless. More than five million have decided to leave the country and Maduro’s Venezuela has become both a pariah state in Latin America and an attractive spot for non-regional great powers’ projection. This article provides an analysis of the multidimensional interaction among local, regional and geo-political impacts of COVID-19, paying specific attention to the Argentine case and the increasing role of China and Russia in the Western Hemisphere...
Fuente
Prism. 2021 Vol.9, No.4, 2021
Materia
COVID 19
GEOPOLITICA
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL
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acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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spelling Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin AmericaGonzález Levaggi, ArielVentura Barreiro, VicenteCOVID 19GEOPOLITICARELACIONES INTERNACIONALESCOOPERACION INTERNACIONALFil: Gonzalez-Levaggi, Ariel. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Centro de Estudios Internacionales; ArgentinaFil: Gonzalez-Levaggi, Ariel. Investigaciones Estratégicas y Navales de la Armada Argentina; ArgentinaFil: Ventura Barreiro, Vicente. Universidad del Salvador; ArgentinaL atin America is slowly becoming a venue for the United States’ strategic competition with Russia and China. Despite the regional illusions during the early 21st century, the Brazilian leadership of Latin America has disappeared, regional integration has lost its climax and external state actors have increasing geoeconomic interests throughout the Western Hemisphere from the Rio Grande to Antarctica. To complicate matters further, COVID-19 has impacted Latin America more deeply than other regions, thus expanding the range of health, economic, and security needs in the continent. China and Russia have appeared as alternative providers of medical equipment, humanitarian aid, and vaccines, thus trying to replace the traditional role of Western developed nations, especially the United States, on the continent. COVID-19 is aggravating the structural economic and social burdens on Latin American countries. Higher unemployment and the increase in poverty may lead to turbulent political times and have serious implications for regional security. Do poverty, violence and corruption open the door for extra-regional great powers in Latin America? If former U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander Admiral Craig Faller is right,1 Latin America will fail to follow an “active non-alignment”2 and will be increasingly caught between hard external choices and facing a wide range of domestic emergencies. Venezuela is a leading case. As populists’ failed reforms and Maduro’s authoritarian path, even the Caracas’ golden apple—its oil industry—imploded, while China and Russia rushed not only to support their distant partner, but also to collect debts. Valuable commodities are being exchanged for debt and the Venezuelan people have become poorer and hopeless. More than five million have decided to leave the country and Maduro’s Venezuela has become both a pariah state in Latin America and an attractive spot for non-regional great powers’ projection. This article provides an analysis of the multidimensional interaction among local, regional and geo-political impacts of COVID-19, paying specific attention to the Argentine case and the increasing role of China and Russia in the Western Hemisphere...National Defense University Press2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/152062157- 0663Gonzalez-Levaggi, A., Ventura Barreiro, V. Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America [en línea]. Prism. 2021, 9 (4). Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/15206Prism. 2021 Vol.9, No.4, 2021reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica ArgentinaengAmérica LatinaChinaRusiaArgentinaEstados Unidosinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2025-07-03T10:58:53Zoai:ucacris:123456789/15206instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:58:53.997Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
title Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
spellingShingle Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
González Levaggi, Ariel
COVID 19
GEOPOLITICA
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL
title_short Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
title_full Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
title_fullStr Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
title_sort Eurasia rising: COVID-19 in Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González Levaggi, Ariel
Ventura Barreiro, Vicente
author González Levaggi, Ariel
author_facet González Levaggi, Ariel
Ventura Barreiro, Vicente
author_role author
author2 Ventura Barreiro, Vicente
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID 19
GEOPOLITICA
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL
topic COVID 19
GEOPOLITICA
RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL
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Fil: Gonzalez-Levaggi, Ariel. Investigaciones Estratégicas y Navales de la Armada Argentina; Argentina
Fil: Ventura Barreiro, Vicente. Universidad del Salvador; Argentina
L atin America is slowly becoming a venue for the United States’ strategic competition with Russia and China. Despite the regional illusions during the early 21st century, the Brazilian leadership of Latin America has disappeared, regional integration has lost its climax and external state actors have increasing geoeconomic interests throughout the Western Hemisphere from the Rio Grande to Antarctica. To complicate matters further, COVID-19 has impacted Latin America more deeply than other regions, thus expanding the range of health, economic, and security needs in the continent. China and Russia have appeared as alternative providers of medical equipment, humanitarian aid, and vaccines, thus trying to replace the traditional role of Western developed nations, especially the United States, on the continent. COVID-19 is aggravating the structural economic and social burdens on Latin American countries. Higher unemployment and the increase in poverty may lead to turbulent political times and have serious implications for regional security. Do poverty, violence and corruption open the door for extra-regional great powers in Latin America? If former U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander Admiral Craig Faller is right,1 Latin America will fail to follow an “active non-alignment”2 and will be increasingly caught between hard external choices and facing a wide range of domestic emergencies. Venezuela is a leading case. As populists’ failed reforms and Maduro’s authoritarian path, even the Caracas’ golden apple—its oil industry—imploded, while China and Russia rushed not only to support their distant partner, but also to collect debts. Valuable commodities are being exchanged for debt and the Venezuelan people have become poorer and hopeless. More than five million have decided to leave the country and Maduro’s Venezuela has become both a pariah state in Latin America and an attractive spot for non-regional great powers’ projection. This article provides an analysis of the multidimensional interaction among local, regional and geo-political impacts of COVID-19, paying specific attention to the Argentine case and the increasing role of China and Russia in the Western Hemisphere...
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China
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