China leads race for Latin America’s mining sector as US pushes back

China is the dominant foreign investor in Latin America’s mining sector, outpacing the US in the race to secure resources essential to the energy transition. The US has long claimed Central and South America as a kind of regional protectorate, dating back at least to the 1823 Monroe doctrine. But when it comes to mining, ...

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