Argentina’s President Due in D.C. as Competition With Beijing Over Regional Influence Escalates

Reversing Communist China’s deepening penetration of Latin America will be difficult for President Biden, who is battling economic woes at home.

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The Argentine president, Alberto Fernandez, at the annual opening session of Congress at Buenos Aires, March 1, 2023. AP/Natacha Pisarenko

The hospitalization of Brazil’s president with a case of pneumonia will give a bit of room to America as it maneuvers with China over influence in the hemisphere. President da Silva was forced to cancel a trip to Beijing, while Argentina’s Alberto Fernandez visits the White House this week.

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