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Article: Latin America sees China in its future.(ANALYSIS)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- January 13, 2006
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Evo Morales, a former coca farmer and Aymara Indian, is hoping Chinese capital will help him develop Bolivia's natural gas resources, which he has vowed to exploit for the benefit of the country's poor indigenous majority. In one of his fast actions as Bolivia's president-elect, Morales skipped the United States and scheduled a two-day visit to Beijing.
To Latin American analysts, Morales' choice of China as he angles for investment is the latest evidence of a trend: The region, once firmly in the U.S. sphere of influence, is slowly but surely drifting East.
Andres Oppenheimer, hemispheric affairs columnist for The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, ...