A heated debate is unfolding in Washington's foreign policy circles regarding the U.S. role in inadvertently boosting China's growing influence in Latin America. While Ryan Berg's Foreign Policy article, "China Won’t Be the Obvious Winner in Latin America,” downplayed this concern, R. Evan Ellis, a former State Department official, has penned a sharp rebuttal. Ellis contends that current U.S. actions, rather than curbing China, are actually creating opportunities for its expansion.