S8 Ep164: Caribbean Geopolitical Shifts: Democratic Rightward Movement and Chinese Presence — Evan Ellis — Ellis reports on Caribbean political realignment, including rightward democratic electoral sh

Caribbean Geopolitical Shifts: Democratic Rightward Movement and Chinese Presence — Evan Ellis — Ellis reports on Caribbean political realignment, including rightward democratic electoral shifts in St. Vincent and expanded Dominican Republic security cooperation with U.S. military operations in regional counternarcotics and maritime enforcement. Ellis documents China's continued institutional presence throughout the Caribbean through hospital ship deployments and medical assistance programs in Jamaica, coupled with Beijing's political rhetoric opposing American hemispheric interventionism and reasserting Chinese claim to regional geopolitical influence. ST. VINCENT