Cooperation for repression? The case of China in Central America

The study of Chinese influence in Latin America has undoubtedly focused on the economic and trade relations between the Asian giant and the countries of the region. While there is a considerable body of research on, for example, China’s soft power, analyses of the country’s political and institutional influence in the region are less common. Among Beijing’s instruments of political internationalization are people-to-people diplomacy, Chinese paradiplomacy, and the multilateral engagement of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Latin America through forums such as the China-CELAC Forum and its various subforums, which facilitate exchanges with media outlets, think tanks, political parties,...
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Executive Director of the IPSE Intelligence research institute. Researcher in public opinion, discursive framing in the media and computer sciences.
Political scientist and economist. PhD from the University of Toronto. Senior Editor at Global Brief Magazine. Social Research Design Specialist at RIWI Corp. (Real-Time Interactive World-Wide Intelligence).
Director of CIEPS - International Center for Political and Social Studies, AIP-Panama. Honorary Emeritus Professor at the University of Salamanca and UPB (Medellín). Latest books: "El oficio de politico" (Tecnos Madrid, 2020), "Huellas de la Democracy Fatigada" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2024) and "Cuando la política dejó de ser lo que era" (Océano Atlántico Editores, 2025).
Professor and researcher at the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State Universityt of Rio de Janeiro (IESP/UERJ). Coordinator of the South American Political Observatory (OPSA). PhD in Political Science from Vanderbilt University.
Historian and professor at Chapman University (California). PHd from Harvard University. His writings on Latin American politics have appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other international media.
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