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Japan and China Compete for Latin American Clout

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Aug 12, 2014
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s fruitful visit to South America, which included a proposed US$20 billion fund to finance infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean and a cornucopia of other benefits, has thoroughly overshadowed a similar trip to Latin America by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Abe hailed his own five country visit as “…

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