schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoPeru seeks high-level meeting with China, Brazil to advance bi-oceanic railroadwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkPeru seeks high-level meeting with China, Brazil to advance bi-oceanic railroadwww.reuters.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
The proposed railway would connect Brazil to a new port on Peru’s Pacific coast, creating a trade route with China that would allow it avoid routes going through the Panama Canal and around the southern tip of South America.
minus-squareArchangel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·7 months agoSounds like Peru is about to owe China a lot of money.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoI mean yeah, that’s called taking out a loan.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·7 months agoBetter than being invaded by “democracy”
minus-squareArchangel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 months agoIt’s literally the same thing western “democracy” does to leverage influence with foreign countries. And I mean “literally”, literally.
minus-squarex-Cell@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·7 months agoI mean, it’s the same thing the IMF and World Bank did to fuck over a lot of poorer countries. While not an invasion, it is still pretty destructive.
Sounds like Peru is about to owe China a lot of money.
I mean yeah, that’s called taking out a loan.
Better than being invaded by “democracy”
It’s literally the same thing western “democracy” does to leverage influence with foreign countries. And I mean “literally”, literally.
I mean, it’s the same thing the IMF and World Bank did to fuck over a lot of poorer countries. While not an invasion, it is still pretty destructive.