{"id":1212374,"date":"2022-01-12T19:34:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212374"},"modified":"2022-01-12T19:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T00:34:44","slug":"chinas-belt-and-road-reaches-central-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-belt-and-road-reaches-central-america\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Belt and Road Reaches Central America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinas-belt-and-road-reaches-central-america%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1212374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>China\u2019s state-run <\/span><i><span>Global Times<\/span><\/i> <span>on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1245705.shtml\">celebrated<\/a> the inauguration of leftist dictator Daniel Ortega \u2013 beginning his fourth term as president of Nicaragua after a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/nicaragua-congress-takes-office-questionable-elections-82166613\"><span>rigged election<\/span><\/a><span> denounced by worldwide democracy activists and the Organization of American States \u2013 as a big victory for China\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>touted the support of China\u2019s Xi Jinping for fellow dictator Ortega and swooned over the latter\u2019s dubious \u201cre-election\u201d as a sign of global political realignment, as Beijing\u2019s influence stretches deep into the Latin American \u201cbackyard\u201d of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The Chinese Communists were delighted with Nicaragua severing its diplomatic ties to Taiwan and embracing Beijing instead \u2013 the \u201cright choice in keeping with current trends,\u201d according to Chinese \u201cexperts\u201d \u2013 but the real prize was Ortega\u2019s embrace of BRI in a meeting with Chinese special envoy Cao Jianming before his inauguration ceremony.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nicaragua?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Nicaragua<\/a> has signed a MoU with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#China<\/a> to join the Belt&amp;Road Initiative on Monday, China&#8217;s National Development and Reform Commission said on Wed. By far, China has inked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BRI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BRI<\/a> cooperation deals with 146 countries and 32 intl organizations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BVuUq0sD4s\">pic.twitter.com\/BVuUq0sD4s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1481269196134641667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to Chinese state media, Ortega told Cao he \u201ctotally supports and is willing to join the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development Initiative to build a better future for the China-Nicaragua bilateral relations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19465538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-929544168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19465538 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-929544168-682x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Cao Jianming, procurator-general of Supreme People&#039;s Procuratorate, delivers the work report during the second plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People&#039;s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2018. \/ AFP PHOTO \/ GREG BAKER        (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Cao Jianming at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2018. (GREG BAKER\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202109\/1234780.shtml\"><span>Global Development Initiative<\/span><\/a><span> (GDI) is China\u2019s effort to use the pandemic it unleashed upon the world as leverage to extend its economic influence. The GDI is also an effort by China, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2021\/12\/13\/china-begins-walking-back-promises-reduce-pollution-2030s\/\"><span>world\u2019s worst polluter<\/span><\/a><span>, to co-opt the climate change movement, turning it into a sales drive for \u201cgreen energy\u201d products that just happen to be manufactured by China.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16799924\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/06\/wi\/afp\/14\/nicaragua-president-daniel-ortega-pictured-2018-power-2007-is-accused-of-authoritarianism-afp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16799924 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/nicaragua-president-daniel-ortega-pictured-2018-power-2007-is-accused-of-authoritarianism-afp-1024x674-1.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, pictured in 2018, has been in power since 2007 but is accused of authoritarianism. (AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>In the <\/span><i><span>Global Times\u2019 <\/span><\/i><span>geopolitical fantasia, Latin America only has problems with poverty because the U.S. has been keeping it down to maintain its planetary \u201chegemony\u201d and prevent countries such as Nicaragua from developing healthy relationships with their friends and benefactors in the Chinese Communist Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In reality, as the lengthy triumphalist editorial let slip near the halfway mark, China is furious at Latin American nations for supporting Taiwan and listening to America\u2019s entirely accurate warnings about the security problems with Chinese computer and telecom hardware:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Out of geopolitical concerns, the US not only prevented countries in the region from establishing diplomatic relations with the PRC [People\u2019s Republic of China], spared no efforts to thwart countries from making the right choices, and set limitations to restrict Chinese companies from doing businesses in the area, Pan said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For example, US officials have been reportedly pressing Latin American countries to replicate Washington\u2019s decision to exclude Huawei from its 5G networks, hyping concerns over China\u2019s alleged \u201csnooping activities.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWith the stable political situation in Nicaragua, cooperation projects especially under the BRI, likely on infrastructure and telecommunication, will soon bring benefits to local residents, analysts said, noting the cooperation stands in sharp contrast with the U.S. and EU\u2019s latest sanctions on Nicaragua,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>anticipated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bulk of the Chinese Communist editorial was devoted to celebrating China\u2019s partnership with Nicaragua as a death blow to the 20th Century model of using diplomatic and economic pressure to promote human rights and improve the lives of citizens living under authoritarian regimes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Global Times <\/span><\/i><span>was beside itself with glee over the prospect of support from Beijing helping Ortega deflect American sanctions against Nicaraguan officials for their role in \u201cfraudulent national elections orchestrated by the regime in November,\u201d as the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0552\"><span>U.S. Treasury Department<\/span><\/a><span> put it on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Ortega-Murillo regime continues its subjugation of democracy through effectuating sham elections, silencing peaceful opposition, and holding hundreds of people as political prisoners. The United States and our partners are sending a clear message to President Ortega, Vice President Murillo, and their inner circle that we continue to stand with the Nicaraguan people in their calls for the immediate release of these political prisoners and a return to democracy,\u201d Treasury Under-secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>China offers a competing vision of a 21st Century world order in which tyrants can do whatever it takes to maintain power \u2013 up to committing genocide and forcing restless minorities into slavery, as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/17\/congress-passes-bill-banning-chinas-uyghur-slave-products-sending-it-to-biden\/\"><span>China does<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;\u2013 without a word of protest from Beijing. It is hardly surprising that thugs like Ortega would prefer China\u2019s axis of power to the demands of Western civilization, which frowns on \u201cwinning elections\u201d by throwing all of the other candidates in jail.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s state-run Global Times on Wednesday celebrated the inauguration of leftist dictator Daniel Ortega \u2013 beginning his fourth term as president of Nicaragua after a rigged election denounced by worldwide &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1212374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1212374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1212374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}