{"id":2008924,"date":"2023-08-23T04:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushing-guatemalas-incoming-president-bernardo-arevalo-to-cut-taiwan-ties\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T04:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T08:11:38","slug":"china-pushing-guatemalas-incoming-president-bernardo-arevalo-to-cut-taiwan-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushing-guatemalas-incoming-president-bernardo-arevalo-to-cut-taiwan-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"China pressuring Guatemala&#8217;s new president, Bernardo Arevalo, to sever ties with Taiwan."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fchina-pushing-guatemalas-incoming-president-bernardo-arevalo-to-cut-taiwan-ties%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=2008924&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--><h2>China&#8217;s Push to Persuade Guatemala to\u2064 Cut Ties with Taiwan<\/h2>\n<p>Chinese General\u200c Secretary Xi Jinping\u2019s regime is making a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-would-be-an-irreparable-disaster-if-joe-biden-were-designated-president-of-the-united-states-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano-warns-believers-in-latest-interview\/\" title=\"\u201cIt Would Be an Irreparable Disaster if Joe Biden \u2013 Were Designated President of the United States\u201d \u2013 Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Warns Believers in Latest Interview with Steve Bannon\">concerted effort<\/a> to isolate Taiwan and increase \u2064its geopolitical influence \u200cin Central America by \u200dconvincing Guatemala to \u200dsever ties with the island democracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s going to be moving aggressively on Guatemala, that\u2019s for\u200b sure,\u201d Heritage Foundation\u200c visiting fellow Joseph Humire told\u2062 the Washington Examiner. \u201cI&#8217;m\u2063 concerned that \u2064they&#8217;re gonna \u2064flip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Uncertainty Surrounding Guatemala&#8217;s Stance<\/h3>\n<p>There is uncertainty regarding the stance of Guatemalan President-elect\u2063 Bernardo\u2063 Arevalo, as he made comments during his \u2063campaign that\u200b hinted\u2063 at a willingness to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-pushing-guatemalas-incoming-president-bernardo-arevalo-to-cut-taiwan-ties\/\" title=\"China pressuring Guatemala's new president, Bernardo Arevalo, to sever ties with Taiwan.\">strengthen trade relations<\/a> \u200cwith China.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the new government of Guatemala \u200dwill make \u2062the right decision \u200cin the fundamental and long-term \u200dinterests of its \u2062country\u2062 and its \u2062people,\u201d Chinese Foreign\u2064 Ministry \u2064spokesman \u200bWang Wenbin said Monday. \u200c\u201cWe hope the\u200b new government of \u200bGuatemala \u2064will\u2064 make the right call \u200cin line with the fundamental and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-critics-worried-biden-wont-release-trump-tax-returns\/\" title=\"Dems, Critics Worried Biden Won't Release Trump Tax Returns\">long-term interests<\/a> of its \u2062country and people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite Arevalo&#8217;s attempt to \u2064clarify his\u2062 position towards Taiwan, some American observers remain skeptical of \u200dhis intentions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI would hope that he would say something like, \u200byou know, \u2018For us, there&#8217;s only one China and it&#8217;s Taipei.\u2019 Something like\u2064 that, where &#8230; it \u200cwas rather airtight in \u200bterms of which side \u200bthey were on,\u201d Dr. Ryan Berg, who directs the Americas program at \u2062the Center\u2062 for Strategic and International Studies, \u2064told the Washington Examiner.\u00a0&#8220;The cautionary tale is\u2063 if you try to have it both ways,\u2063 that\u2019s\u200c a recipe for \u200ddumping Taiwan later.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, other\u200c analysts are\u200c more optimistic, noting that Arevalo&#8217;s rhetoric \u200btowards Taiwan improved as the campaign progressed.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese officials\u2064 have \u2063also achieved a diplomatic victory in\u2063 Central America, as the Central American\u2062 Parliament voted to replace \u2062Taiwan with China as a &#8220;permanent observer&#8221; of the\u200d organization.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis again shows that the\u2062 one-China principle\u2062 represents the unstoppable trend of the times and has\u200d the overwhelming support of the people,\u201d Wang said. \u2018China stands ready to develop friendly \u200ccooperation with the Central \u200bAmerican Parliament on the basis of the one-China principle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If\u200c Guatemala were to \u200bsever ties with Taiwan, it would have significant implications for the \u2062region and enhance China&#8217;s influence in \u2063the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>While the Biden administration has indirectly \u200dsupported\u2063 Arevalo by pressuring \u2064Guatemalan authorities to\u2063 ensure a\u200b fair election,\u2064 the outcome is still uncertain.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s not a foregone conclusion that Arevalo\u2063 is going to abandon Taiwan,\u201d\u2063 Humire said. \u201cBut it \u200ddefinitely would\u200c follow a trend\u200c that&#8217;s happening \u2064in Latin\u200b America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping aims to convince Guatemala to sever its ties with Taiwan, as part of a continuous strategy to isolate the democratic island and strengthen Beijing&#8217;s influence in Central America. 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