Five in Ten 5/15/23: China in America's Backyard

The Pentagon is increasingly worried by China’s growing stronghold on Latin America. It doesn’t help that the US has been without ambassadors for years in key nations like Panama, Chile, and Brazil.

5) China spending hundreds of billions building infrastructure in Latin America; 4) EPA announces rule requiring coal and natural gas plants to cut greenhouse gases 90% by 2040 or shut down; 3) European Parliament threatens to withhold funds from Palestinian Authority unless school textbooks remove incitement of hate, antisemitism, and violence; 2) Facebook quietly buried its metaverse in March and nobody noticed; 1) Herd of cows lead police to fugitive hiding in their pasture.