US EditionReport: China Operates 11 Military-Linked Space Sites in Latin America
The committee found at least 11 China-linked space facilities in Latin America supporting military surveillance and intelligence collection for the People’s Liberation Army.
- A new House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party report identifies at least 11 PRC-linked space sites in Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil; the panel says Beijing uses them to collect intelligence and strengthen the PLA, urging the Trump administration to halt their expansion.
- Lawmakers say China's military-civil fusion strategy makes it hard to separate academic cooperation from military uses, highlighting Argentina's Neuquén deep-space station under a 50-year lease signed in 2015, based on open-source reporting and satellite imagery.
- The Neuquén facility features a 35-meter antenna used for satellite tracking and deep space missions, operated by an entity linked to China's satellite launch and tracking network, despite Beijing describing it as civilian research.
- The panel urges U.S. federal agencies to review cooperation agreements, while lawmakers recommend NASA ensure Wolf Amendment compliance, and the U.S. Defense Department monitors regional developments.
- The report warns PRC-linked space sites' ISR growth enhances China's monitoring ability, while the Chile project pause shows diplomatic pressure from the Trump administration can influence host governments.
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WASHINGTON.- As Donald Trump's government moves forward with its focus on the strategy for Latin America, a new report of the Select Committee on China of the US Congress, published on Thursday, warned that Xi Jinping's regime uses the infrastructure deployed in countries of the region – including Argentina – to improve its space, warfare and intelligence gathering capabilities.
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