Economic balancing in Latin America: the Chinese presence in the region

Resumo

This paper review the structural changes in Latin America provoked by Chinese geo-political and geo-economic interests in region. It is based on economic balancing concept that explains the linkage between military and political interests with economic relations to create great power. Because of this, the author support the idea that China is trying to occupy the American role over the region in late 20th Century. With this new presence China has created a new structure in Latin America with regional balancers and also this change in the region has helped China to improve its performance in the multipolar system. The theoretical framework propose the review of different authors like Kenneth Waltz, Richard Samuels, Eric Heginbotham and R.K. Pruhti.