U.S. Official Discusses Potential “Competition” With China, Russia in Latin America

JUST IN: Senior U.S. Official Warns of ‘Competition’ with China, Russia in Latin America

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Some of the Defense Department’s most pressing adversaries are growing their presence right in the United States’ own backyard, Gen. Laura Richardson, commander of U.S. Southern Command, said Jan. 19.The Pentagon considers China a “pacing challenge” and Russia an “acute threat” according to the National Defense Strategy, and the United States has shifted its priorities to deterring conflict with either nation through a number of modernization efforts that are largely focused on operations in the Indo-Pacific.However, …