Araucaria. Revista Iberoamericana de Filosofía, Política, Humanidades y Relaciones Internacionales, año 24, nº 49. Primer cuatrimestre de 2022. Pp. 171-194. ISSN 1575-6823 e-ISSN 2340-2199 https://dx.doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2022.i49.08 South-South Cooperation: A Taxonomy of China’s Aid to Latin America and the Caribbean Cooperación Sur-Sur: una taxonomía de la ayuda de China a América Latina y el Caribe Giuseppe Lo Brutto 1 Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (México) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8126-5013 Gustavo Rodríguez Albor 2 Universidad Autónoma del Caribe (Colombia) ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-3182 Recibido: 11-12-2020 Aceptado: 29-06-2021 Abstract The present study analyses the typology and structure of Chinese Aid to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), considering the features of this kind of South- South Cooperation within the context of China’s aid policy and strategic aims in this region. The results of the study reveal the different patterns in the structure of Chinese aid to the LAC sub-regions. These patterns indicate that the most signifcant funds are focused on development and commercial projects in South 1 (giuseppe.lobrutto@correo.buap.mx). Phd in Political Economy of Development. Director of the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidaes "Alfonso Vélez Pliego" of the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico, and Professor-Researcher of the Postgraduate Degree in Sociology at the same institute. Member of the National System of Researchers Level I. Coordinator of the Research Group on South-South Cooperation and regional integrations of the Spanish Network for Development. Studies. 2 (gustavo.rodriguez51@uac.edu.co). Phd in Social Sciences and Professor-researcher at the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Colombia. He is an expert in South-South cooperation, international migration and development. Technical Secretary of the Ibero-American Academic Network for International Cooperation. Member of the Research Group on South-South Cooperation and Regional Integrations of the Spanish Network for Development Studies.