The State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said on May 15 that the United States will oppose international groups funding Chinese regime-backed projects in Colombia, a day after the South American nation signed a pact to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
“The U.S. will strongly oppose recent projects and upcoming disbursements by the @the_IDB and other IFIs for Chinese state-owned and controlled companies in Colombia (and other BRI countries in the region),” the bureau stated on social media, referring to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and other international financial institutions.
“These projects endanger the region’s safety and security. American tax dollars SHOULD NOT be used in any way by international organizations to subsidize Chinese companies in our hemisphere.”…