Comments by "bruzote" (@bruzote) on "$3.6 billion port in Peru largely funded by China raises concerns" video.

USA cares for the very same reason they build bases. The decision affects balances of power. Duh. Nobody is claiming the USA has a RIGHT to tell Peru what to do or stop the sale.
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All countries are strategic. Chile is more important because that's where Pisco comes from. Ba-dum. Just kidding. I am quite familiar with the bizarre insanity of the Chilean claims to that. But, from a more serious political perspective, how is Peru more important than Chile, or Columbia, or even Bolivia (for the lithium alone)? The US tries to juggle a world of countries to influence, and picking favorites requires proper justification. Not that such choices are properly done, but they should be. But why Peru above others? Maybe the US is interested in the amount of coastline. Or the mining interests (ironically, taken from Peru by Chile during their war long ago).
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@waynethegreat23 - It's also about China getting its tentacles deeper into Peruvian infrastructure, finance, and politics.
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China has built nearly 50 ports IIRC. Ask the other countries if the locals feel that way, as the Chinese just bring in more of their own people to dominate.
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ANY powerful country will try to use a port deal like this to manipulate the smaller country for the benefit of the larger country. It's that simple. Making deals like this entails risk for the smaller country, brings benefits, and the deal may create problems or benefits for other countries as well. Is that hard to understand? Change brings risks. With this port now giving China the chance to project their Navy, that is a concern for people who have the responsibility of understanding that risk (including citizens of all affected countries).
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The deal is bad even if the port is paid off. For now, the port will be run the Chinese Overseas Shipping Company Limited, or COSCO. They will immediately begin influencing Peru through trade policy and spying. Just as the UK and US have used their imperial might to influence countries and spy on them, China will be increasing its ability to do the same. They already have spies everywhere, this will give them deeper penetration and more influence.
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@@newmoon1448 - In the world of geopolitics, if you want control, you don't win when a competitor gets their hands on levers of power.
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@ibfirehead - China goes broke.
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@robocop581 - Yes. Now imagine those traps being created by people who make people disappear.
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@dywang32 - If you don't pay the mortgage, the bank eventually SELLS the house to pay itself back. They don't keep it forever, nor do they get to keep the full value of the sale when the mortgage is less than that.
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@rorio2214 - You clearly have not heard of the Western banking system's influence on the world. The World Bank and the IMF are not always innocent parties free of investor or politician influence. Likewise, corporate banks play whole countries as well. Look at how GS played Greece or Malaysia.
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The US has NOT invaded Peru. The US has NOT declared any special rights here. It seems you can't read or think clearly. Are you dain-bramaged?
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@timallison8560 - You want simplicity for your simple mind? It doesn't work that way. Complexity 1 - All of the Chinese workers. China places many CCP members in these jobs. They sometimes are directly spying, but often just cooperative with their government to advance ad hoc requests and agendas. Complexity 2 - politicians in the port and associated with it will be tempted with further legal deals that help China gain more power and influence. The politicians will face budget constraints and be offered further debt relief in exchange for more Chinese financial leverage and control of infrastructure. They can do things you didn't even think of, like using technology and methods that enable Chinese smuggling to take place. They can run WiFi networks that place spy ware on devices in the port. This is not an uncommon tactic in areas where the CCP's government agencies ultimately control the radiofrequency spectrum. Complexity 3 - China has a direct opportunity to allow more Chinese ships than would otherwise be approved. Complexity 4 - Along with #2, the port brings bribery opportunities. All ports do. These opportunities, though, can favor the Chinese government. It can coordinate the bribery efforts with other objectives. This creates more damage than situations in ports where various parties of conflicting or at least uncorrelated interests are engaged in the corruption. The damage ends up being less strategic.
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@davido3026 - Kind of like Springfield, huh? Okay, switch a "U" to an "O". ;-D For anybody who is confused by all this, I meant the South American country with the most species of birds recorded in eBird during this month (1,403 species)! :-D
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@davido3026 - Seriously, it is good you corrected me. I am frustrated at making that mistake. I blame Cumbia, whose origins are in Colombia! :-)
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@celdur4635 - Sounds good. I will take your word for it. You've got me thinking, too. The Pacific coast doesn't have many great ports in S.A. I bet Peru would have great potential for more port development. I don't know about suitable harbors in detail, but that section of coast is less stormy and right along the middle of the continent.
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Well, the highway and rail system is horribly inadequate for further development. And the development exploding all along the coast is going to make building rail lines or highways (or even widening them) next to impossible. No planning at all. The current development plan is to just let the "invasions" keep happening. That is insane. I can't believe that happens. On the other hand, given the otherwise iron-grip hold of the wealthy on Peru, those "invaded" lands would never be open for development by the entrepreneurial spirit of the hard-working people of Peru.
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Study history. Those with power make the rules. So, yeah, it is America's backyard.
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