A policy statement was issued today by the Schiller Institute, intended for wide circulation in the Spanish-speaking Americas and beyond. Under the headline “President Alberto Fernández to China; Ibero-America to Mars!” the statement begins:
“The upcoming May 2021 trip to China by Argentine President Alberto Fernández, in which he is scheduled to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with China on the Belt and Road Initiative – the global infrastructure project involving nearly 150 nations – presents a unique strategic opportunity.
“1) All of Ibero-America can take a giant step towards finally breaking out of the straitjacket of financial looting by the dying London/Wall Street system, and join instead with the Belt and Road, sometimes called the New Silk Road, and its high-tech, science-driver approach to development.