As a result today, the United States is very disturbed!

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Colombia selected the first left president in the history of the country, and immediately triggered the "exaggerated interpretation" of the US and European public opinion: China is "quietly promoting its pawn" in Colombia. They even use Colombia's first subway line under construction as a prominent case to prove that "critical turning" in Colombian diplomacy is:

It is "violating the wishes of the United States and getting close to China."

They also speculate whether this is a "adventure" for Bobo University.

Obviously, Pedro's election has made Latin America's current "pink wave" more strong, but it also makes Latin America feel anxious as the "backyard" in the United States, and began to "worry" Colombia's diplomatic direction.

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As soon as the first round of the Colombian presidential election ended on May 29, the US and European public opinion focused on the so -called China in the "accelerated extension of the tentacles" in Colombia. At that time, Petro led his opponent significantly and was considered "likely to be Colombia's first left president."

Twenty days later, the dust settled, and Pedro officially won in the second round of voting. Some media in the United States and Europe have long begun to "worry" Colombian diplomacy, and it has become even more "immortal":

Is the Bogo conference closer to China?

Some French media said that Colombia is increasingly switched to China to seek investment and financing, and Beijing has the ability to increase the impact in Colombia.

Colombia's first subway was said to be a typical case of "intimate interaction" of the two countries.

This subway line located in the capital Bobo is currently in full swing. It is said that the Columbians had envisioned the construction of the subway as early as the 1950s. After decades, their dream can even be said to be "ancient dreams" and finally moved to reality. The entire project costs nearly 4 billion euros and is expected to be completed in 2028.

The western media's attention is: Bogo University Metro Line 1 has been commissioned to a Chinese enterprise, which was built by China Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd..

Although the funds of this project are mainly from Columbia themselves and the World Bank and other international organizations, Chinese enterprises are only constructed. But no surprise, some "experts" in the West immediately excavated "significance" from this subway line:

This is a "symbol of China's new ambitions" and "symbol of China's rise", because China is further "directly to the US backyard."

Seeing that "in a few years, Columbia, which is so close to the United States, saw the successful growth of Chinese construction projects", so -called "experts" even said that he originally believed that "China will not take risks to Columbia" because Colombia Geographical and politics are too close to Washington. But now, he said, "The situation is obviously not the case."

The "Back to China" by the Pokoga Metro Line 1 was also exaggerated into "the turning point of Columbia Foreign Policy".

How about turning?

It is against the wishes of the United States, getting close to China, and even "seeking love from China." With Colombia "have to make a choice between Beijing and Washington", is it "an adventure strategy" for it? Some French media asked.

In particular, I thought that Colombia was "close to Beijing", which was initiated by a conservative government that was "accustomed to seeing the United States rather than see it to the East China", and Western public opinion was even more "tense".

Colombia has become the first "global partner" in NATO in Latin America in 2017. In May this year, it was just given the Bayeng government to give the United States a "non -NATO major allies".

However, since Duke took office in 2018, it has greatly accelerated the pace of deepening development of relations with China and increased its opening to Beijing. He officially visited China in 2019. If it was not because of the impact of the new crown pneumonia's epidemic, he planned to conduct a second visit. The Duke government is allegedly considering imitating other Latin American countries and joining the "Belt and Road" initiative.

Now, Petro is the first left -wing president in Colombia's history. In addition to the return of Latin America's "pink wave" to the return, many US and European media believe that it has also brought Colombia "an opportunity to break free of American elder brother."

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The closeness of Columbia and the United States is beyond doubt.

Ge Mei has a history of 2018. At the 200th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries last year, the then President Duke was interviewed by the US Fox News, and the cooperation with Gemei, especially the security cooperation, was extremely beautiful.

"The close coordination of the two countries has promoted Colombia's better 'law and order'", and the "Columbia Plan" is a "major diplomatic success" in the history of the United States with Latin American relations ...

Is the "Columbia Plan" so good?

The "Columbia Plan" was officially launched in August 2000. It is one of the most important policies in the United States in the United States in recent years. This plan originally depicts a very beautiful vision: severely cracking down on drug trafficking groups, accelerating peace processes, eliminating corruption and crimes, promoting economic development, and so on.

To be honest, under the military assistance provided by the United States, Colombia has made certain progress in cracking down on drug trafficking and crime, but the United States also encourages the name of Columbia guerrillas under the name of destroying drug trade to further complexize the domestic issues of Columbia. As a result, it is difficult to advance the process of peace.

Patterson, then Columbia's Ambassador to the United States, once said: "Washington has an opportunity to help the Columbia army to deal with its Marxist opponent (ie, left -wing guerrillas)."

In this way, the "hanging sheep's head sells dog meat" also brings derivative issues such as environmental pollution, official corruption, and poverty. For example, one of the anti -drug measures given by the "Columbia Plan" is to spray herbicides to kill the coolers, but this also turns farmland into a boring place.

There is a saying that the United States' aid to Columbia drag brothers into "more serious abyss".

Obviously, the United States' associated with Colombia is even more important to what they can get and achieve, and at all, regardless of considering what this will bring to Colombia and what to leave.

This kind of qi and selfishness are much better in the United States. It is just to put it on Colombia, which will inevitably make people feel chilling.

Because most of the time of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Colombia spared no effort to follow the United States.

Colombia is the only Latin American country to participate in the Korean War. Colombian soldiers have directly confronted the Chinese people's volunteers in Shangganling and Hanjiang.

Colombian Sinologist Erik Posada, who has lived in Beijing since the 1960s, wrote: "The result of this useless adventure brings us ... showing one side in their military museum, which was displayed by China by China. The Colombian flag penetrated by the volunteer bullet ... I will blush when I see it. "

In recent years, Colombia has always been consistent with the United States in most important diplomatic occasions, such as severely condemning Russia. Similar actions once caused some Columbia scholars to question whether their domestic foreign policies were independent.

Biden said that there is a "unique and close relationship" between the two countries, and "Colombia is the key to the southern hemisphere in the United States."

Washington is used to these "mouthfuls" of these virtual brains in exchange for more actual interests, especially for Colombia, who is too important for the United States.

In terms of geography, Colombia is the only two ocean country in South America, and its strategic position is self -evident. Moreover, it is too close to the United States: Poje's long distance is less than 4 hours from Miami, less than 3 hours from the coast.

As far as natural resources are concerned, Colombia is the largest coal importer in the United States and the seventh largest oil exporter.

In terms of economy, Colombia is the fourth largest economy in Latin America, with the third largest population, and a large market volume.

For a long time, Colombia has a strong economic dependence on the United States. The United States is Colombia's largest trading partner, the largest importer and the largest exporter.

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After the United States, China was Colombia's second largest trading partner, the second largest importer and the second largest exporter.

In the interview of Fox last year, Duke gave a long answer to the question of the reporter's obvious "China's influence in Latin America". The core meaning is one. He does not think that China ’s strategic trade and infrastructure investment in Latin America is a“ threat ”.

"I always call on other countries to actively participate in our infrastructure bidding ... They must participate more, not just in Colombia, but also in other countries in Latin America, because their bidding is transparent and open." Essence

"Is it negative to let China's investment infrastructure? No, I don't think so, because this is a transparent bid."

Obviously, the Duke government has maintained an open attitude towards China's investment in Colombia.

When President Duke visited China in July 2019, Columbia signed 15 cooperation documents with China, involving many cooperations such as economy, industry, agricultural products, infrastructure construction. He also said at the time: "I hope that more Chinese companies can go to Colombia in the future, and I hope that Colombia has more high -quality products to enter the Chinese market."

Because of this, in recent years, China and Columbia's economic and trade cooperation has increased.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce's "Foreign Investment and Cooperation (Region) Guide (Region) (2021)", in 2020, Chinese enterprises have signed a contract with 183 new contracts in Colombia, with a new contract value of 2.813 billion US dollars and a turnover of US $ 257 million. A total of 679 laborers were dispatched, and 606 workers were at the end of the year.

In addition to the previously mentioned China Harbor to undertake Columbia's Poorgoli Metro Line 1 project, in 2019, the large -scale project contracting projects signed by Chinese -funded enterprises include Huawei to undertake Columbia Telecom projects, and ZTE establishes the 2017 Columbia Claro service project.

And what about economic and trade cooperation between the United States and Colombia?

Duke mentioned that the United States and Colombia have "long -term relationships based on principles and values", so more than 100 American companies have a history of more than 50 years in the country.

Such cooperation depth and breadth are difficult for any other country to reach.

But that's it, some American media are still jealous, and even distorted the normal economic and trade exchanges between other countries and Colombia, and they really regard Columbia's "backyard" in the United States.

As everyone knows, such a "Monroeism" thought has long been outdated.

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