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news Scmp World 2026-06-06

US-China rivalry heats up in Latin America, Nicaragua could be next

US President Trump's efforts to counter China's influence in Latin America have already impacted Cuba, Panama, and Venezuela. Nicaragua is now seen as a potential future economic battleground between the two powers.


US President Donald Trumpโ€™s drive to reassert US supremacy in Latin America has already squeezed Chinaโ€™s interests in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Now, Nicaragua could be shaping up as the next economic battleground between the two powers, a scholar has warned. The American leader has yet to target Nicaragua since returning to office, but that could change if China revives an ambitious project to build a canal cutting across the country to connect the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, said Zhang.....

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