Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

The objective of this study is to address the evolution of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) after ten years of its inception, and its cohabitation with other and more recent Chinese global initiatives, especially the Global Development Initiative (GDI). The methodology is based on the analysis of Chinese officials, political-diplomatic documents, and review of reports from both Chinese and Atlantic sources. It is concluded that, far from weakening, the BRI is reconfirmed, preserving a powerful narrative beyond the ups and downs experienced, of which the COVID-19 pandemic was only a catalyst. The BRI and the GDI can coexist based on their particularities: the first focusing on physical infrastructure, based on bilateral agreements; the second, focused on the achievement of the SDGs within the multilateral framework of the United Nations. We understand that the work contributes to the discussion about the validity and vigor of the BRI and its coexistence with the new Chinese initiatives, in an extremely challenging and complex context. As for Latin America, after evaluating the development of China’s presence in the last 15 years, from a commercial, investment and also political point of view, we understand that both the BRI and the GDI can be received as opportunities for a region that has been acquiring greater prominence due to its capacities in terms of investments, energy and raw materials in general.

China’s foreign policy, based on the discourse on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), reflects its vision of globalization and China’s role in it. This initiative represents an opportunity for China to spread its own vision of globalization without challenging the prevailing global consensus. The BRI has gone global through the Chinese president’s speeches and international communication channels. This discourse has contributed to creating an international narrative of China as a peaceful and responsible power, seeking cooperation and mutual development. The objective of this article is to identify the evolution of the BRI as a global initiative. To do this, the discourse analysis methodology will be applied to identify the issues that are important for China such as the infrastructure, connectivity, energy, trade agenda, among others, and the strategies that have been adopted to achieve the objectives of the BRI.

The objective of this article is to prepare a comparative analysis of the regulations for older adults (OA) in fourteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, determining their degree of progress in the restitution of their human rights (hr). As well as, in the case of Mexico, review its social policy under a human rights-based approach (HRBA). Through the analysis framework of social institutions and the 2030 Agenda, the case study method is used to evaluate the harmonization of the OA law in relation to international instruments and the A-70 Convention. The results highlighted nine countries that safeguard eleven HR considered in the analysis. It is concluded that it is necessary to incorporate the HRBA into the design of social integration policies, due to its potential to mobilize resources, empower this group and promote a dignified old age.