Latin America is importing technical expertise and competence, something that is in short supply in that area. Not much more than that. We don’t have to worry about Swiss Troops in Brazil and I’m glad that it is the Germans and not Chinese that are doing this.
We don’t have to worry about Swiss Troops in Brazil and I’m glad that it is the Germans and not Chinese that are doing this.
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The Germans are doing it for the benefit of the Chinese.
Not to mention, we used to be quite the powerhouse in terms of railroad building ourselves and still can be. Most of the locomotives down in South America are and were products of GM and GE. Should have been us doing this project.
Way past time to reverse what Carter did with the Panama Canal proper, too.