Reasons why the US media is so focused on trashing Dominican tourism to bust Chinese dominion over the Caribbean.“In the past decade, China has established ties with a number of countries in the Central America and Caribbean region, first with Costa Rica in 2007, followed by Panama in June 2017, the Dominican Republic in May 2018 and El Salvador in August that same year. Benefits According to Luis González, director of Asia and Oceania relations at the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese investment in the Caribbean nation will reach US$10 billion in the coming years. Iván Gatón, an international relations expert at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo said the Dominican government has been negotiating its diplomatic switch to China for some time. “Since the administration of President Fernandez [2008-2012] contacts had already been made,” he said. “So let’s say that it was something that one way or another was bound to happen.” There is already a strong focus on developing duty-free zones, energy, tourism, housing and infrastructure but a lack of certainty on other sectors that stand to receive support. Robert Takata, an academic at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), said: “If the Dominican Republic visualizes and builds a strategy to strengthen its international relations at a general level on the shoulders of this giant that is China, the results could be promising in the near future.” (Diagolochino.net) #USDRpolitics #dominicantourism #decolonizekiskeya #decolonizeyourmind #disruptthenarrative #decentralizeimperalism https://www.instagram.com/p/BzaiaEuFRby/?igshid=9h476043d1c0
