La cooperación China y el avance de los frentes extractivos en la cuenca amazónica: Una mirada a la transformación del perfil socioecológico de la Panamazonía

Abstract

In little more than twenty years, South America has undergone a series of profound transformations in its economic policy, and this is largely due to its new trade relations with China as a major emerging power. This new relationship has meant the creation and consolidation of new extractive fronts, the penetration of the Pan-Amazonian territory to develop infrastructure projects that connect the region with the Asian giant. This has meant, in economic terms, the entry of huge amounts of resources that have mainly financed more than a decade of progressive projects in the region. However, this process also constitutes the consolidation of a neo-extractive dynamic and the reprimarization of the region, which, beyond ideologies, has advanced firmly in this new commercial and political relationship. In this process, China is experiencing an accelerated growth of the middle classes and an urban way of life that requires more and more resources, which has established a relationship of deep dependence on raw materials from the South American region. In this way, this article analyzes the role of cooperation and its impact on the socio-ecological transformation of the Pan-Amazon region.