Heine Offers Insight into Latin American Stance on Russia-Ukraine War
In a recent BBC interview, Jorge Heine, Research Professor at Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, discusses the Latin American stance on the war in Ukraine and active non-alignment.
In his remarks, Heine notes that despite the tragic nature of the ongoing Russia-Urkrain war, countries in the Global South reject the effort to make this into a global war and make them pay for something that Europe should take care of. While the fallout of the war has been felt by the Global South, he argues that economic sanctions on Russia by Latin American countries are not so cut and dry; these sanctions would have a greater impact on the Latin American economy. Heine points out that there are other ongoing conflicts in the world and it is a double standard to suggest Latin America get involved because the war is happening in Europe while others in the Middle East and Africa go unnoticed.
The full program can be listened to on BBC‘s website. The segment on active non-alignment starts at 26:05.
Ambassador Jorge Heine is a Research Professor at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He has served as ambassador of Chile to China (2014-2017), to India (2003-2007), and to South Africa (1994-1999), and as a Cabinet Minister in the Chilean Government. Read more about Ambassador Heine on his Pardee School faculty profile.