China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi looms large in the center of the screen. If you believe that China has ambitions to be a regional and global power , the photo is downright allegorical. Just as in the rest of the world, anger at China by some in LAC countries was palpable. Global power competitionA global pandemic does not respect borders nor care about international politics. That is not what's happening in Latin America and the Caribbean, at least when it comes to the US and China.

Source: CNN August 15, 2020 15:33 UTC