A Chinese deepwater port and manufacturing zone on an island off El Salvador's coast would give China a significant economic and strategic foothold in what has traditionally been a U.S. sphere of influence, American intelligence and military officials say.
across Latin America and the Caribbean in a way that officials say is harmful to U.S. interests, and via methods that the U.S. cannot employ.is global, and it is everywhere in this hemisphere, and moving forward in alarming ways," said Adm. Craig Faller, the head of U.S. Southern Command, in an exclusive interview with NBC News.is pursuing multiple portals in this hemisphere," he continued, referring to seaports, airports and other transit hubs.
At issue in El Salvador is a proposal to expand and develop a Japanese-built deep water port called La Unión, located in the Gulf of Fonseca at the intersection of Salvadoran, Honduran, and Nicaraguan territory. In 2018, Yang told Salvadoran media he was dealing directly with property owners on the island and wasn't working with a government."These are just business things, like when you go to buy a house you see it with the owners," he said.
The list also named associates of El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, including a close aide and a former security minister. "China seeks to leverage their vision for the future, their vision of the global world order and they don't seek partnerships built on mutual respect and trust. They seek and build on dependency."
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