On Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that “Latin America and the Caribbean are not anyone’s backyard,” in response to recent reports in which the commander of the US Southern Command accused China of “infiltrating and plundering resources” from countries in the region.

Guo Jiakun urged the United States to “let the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean choose their own course of action.”

He added that “the countries of the region have the right to choose their own development paths and partners independently.”

The Chinese official dismissed the US accusations as “statements that contradict the facts and repeat outdated phrases,” which “once again expose the deep-rooted Cold War and confrontational mentality of some in the US.”

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