China Set to Dominate Latin America Within 5 Years: Security Expert

China is expanding its influence in South America to counter the U.S. dominance in the Western hemisphere, according to security expert Joseph J. Humire.

"Those conditions are often the loss of your sovereignty, the loss in some cases of your territory and in some cases, China is able to hoodwink you into bringing them into their geopolitical orbit," Humire, executive director of national security think tank Center for a Secure Free Society, said.

The Chinese regime seeks to use Latin America as leverage against the United States, the expert said.

"Taiwan had strong recognition in Latin America over decades. China has been eroding that recognition over time," he said.

Some countries such as El Salvador and the Dominican Republic had flipped their recognition of Taiwan to China.

The expert believed that if China eventually gets those two countries to change their stance, then Beijing will make its move to invade Taiwan because the island would be more isolated internationally and lacking support.

"As long as China is in Latin America, they're always gonna be able to do more aggressive actions in the Indo Pacific," said Humire.

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