TheEU , LatinAmericaandChina:GeometricalPatternsinCurrentandFutureRelations 2 63 However , beyondChinasextraordinaryeconomicpower , itmustbenoted thatitcanhaveahugepoliticalinfluenceintheregion.TheChinesedevelopment modelisprovingtobeextremelyattractiveforLatinAmericancountrieshungry forhighgrowthratesandfastindustrialisation.Moreover , sincethemodeldoes notincludethesamevalueledagendathathasbeenpushedbytheEU , focusing ondemocracy , socialcohesionandhumanrights , itcertainlycouldbeattractive forLatinAmericanelitespronetoauthoritarianismandpopulismandinsearchof apoliticaldiscoursebasedonastrongstateandthedefenceofsovereignty. 4.3 USALatinAmerica RegardlessofhowtheUSAemergesfromtheeconomiccrisis , itwillremain afundamentalpartnerforallthreeactors:LatinAmerica , EuropeandChina.It isyettobeseenhowthechangeinUSleadershipwillaffectitsrelationswiththe outsideworld.Nonetheless , thefutureofallthreeactorswill , inmanyways , be determinedbytheinvolvementwiththe USA , eventothepointofbeing demographicallyintertwined , asisthecase with manycountriesin Latin America , andespeciallyMexico , giventhesharedhistoryofmigratoryflows. Nonetheless , thefutureof USLatin Americanrelations willcertainlybe differentfrominthepast.Today , LatinAmericaseemstobemorecapableof standingitsgroundand , especiallytheSouthern Cone , givenitssuccessful diversificationstrategy , tospeakwithitsownvoice.TheyearstheUSAhasbeen absentfromtheregionorpresentonlythroughmilitarisedrelations — ashasbeenthe casewithColombia , forexample — willbecostlyforthefutureofUSpowerinthe region.Likewise , thestrongcompetitiontheUSAwillfacefromactorssuchasChina willcertainlyimposeadifferentcharacterontheserelations. 5.犉犻狀犪犾犚犲犿犪狉犽狊牶犗犳犜狉犻犪狀犵犾犲狊犪狀犱犚犺狅犿犫狅犻犱狊 — 犐狋犇犲狆犲狀犱狊狅狀狋犺犲犔犲狀狊犢狅狌 犝狊犲 Inconclusion , eveniftheseallpredictionsprovefalse , theimportanceof Chinaisunequivocal.Likewise , theimportanceoftheUSAoroftheEuropean Unioncannotbetotallydismissedyet.LatinAmericawillremainwhereitis , neitherthepoorestofregionsnorthemostdeveloped.Itwillprobablybe , yet again , thetestinggroundofthemanypoliciesthatemergeaftertheeconomic debacle. Howdifferentorhowsimilararetheseactors ? Itdependsonthetypeoflens weuse , whetheramicroscope , atelescopeortintedglass.Addressingthesame questionagainintenyearstime , itcannotbesaidwhetherwewillbespeaking oftrianglesorrhomboids.Nonetheless , geometrywillstillmatter.
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