Link to article: https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/incoming-honduras-government-to-keep-taiwan-ties-for-now-officials<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of December 10th, 2021, the Honduran government will maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan. This decision comes a day after Nicaragua broke off ties with Taipei to create ties with Beijing. The diplomatic choice comes after recent international sanctions against Managua. Before she was elected, the Honduran president said she would open diplomatic ties with China. However, according to Gerardo Torres, the party’s secretary of international relations said that the Honduran government would not sever ties with Taipei. In a quote, he states, “Nobody in the party wants to enter government distancing ourselves from the United States.”. US officials have stated that they are preparing to create an economic surge to aid the Honduran government as long as they keep ties with Taiwan. However, these officials have stated that they are uncertain of if these ties will remain in the future. After losing Nicaragua, Taiwan has only 14 formal diplomatic allies left globally. These allies include small countries in the Pacific, Caribbean, Latin America, and Southern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my opinion, I am shocked that there are only 14 formal diplomatic allies left with Taiwan. I would’ve thought that there were more. I guess that since China is involved with Taiwan, not many countries want to get on China’s ‘bad side’. A lasting impact this will have on the country of Honduras is that now they are probably going to be pressured by the United States to keep ties with Taiwan against their will, due to the fact that they are going to provide Honduras with aid. However, it is stated that Honduras is eager to work with the US and also to maintain good relations with Washington. The historical context is that the Honduran president said that she was going to create ties with China rather than Taiwan, but she went back on her word. The effect on the region is that they will get aid from the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This relates to class because it involves diplomatic ties between two countries. It also mentions the controversy surrounding China and Taiwan. China believes Taiwan is their territory, but Taiwan wants to be its own country. This is something we learned about in class when discussing Mainland China as well as its borders. It also relates to alliances, which relate to the balance of power. Alliances and the balancing of power are both subjects we learned about in session 3. In the case of this article, Taiwan and Honduras have an alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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