Geopolitics, the debate

Latin America and the War in Ukraine

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A child and her mother during a demonstration against the war in Ukraine, in front of the Russian embassy in Santiago, Chile, April 9, 2022. © AP/Esteban Felix

By: Marie-France Chatin Follow

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The invasion of Ukraine by Russia provoked many reactions from the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego.

But no country in the region has adopted economic sanctions against Moscow, and very few have outright condemned the war.

Evidence of Moscow's influence in the region.

It was the first to send its Sputnik vaccines to Argentina, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Only Gabriel Boric, newly elected president in Chile, openly criticized Vladimir Putin.

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Differences in reactions testify to opposing tendencies between those who do not wish to overthrow the liberal international order and those who defend a conception of the world rooted in a profound rejection of American imperialism.

Guests: 

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professor of contemporary history at IHEAL.  

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 research director at IRIS. 

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