The House Select Committee on China released a report claiming that the country is using more than 10 bases in Latin America for "military space operations."
"What looks like civilian cooperation is actually part of a PLA-linked global network tracking satellites and monitoring adversaries," the committee said in a social media publication introducing the document.
It went on to detail that sites are located across Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile and Brazil and have "dual-use military purposes tied to the PLA," in reference to the People's Liberation Army.
🚨New @ChinaSelect report | China is using Latin America as a launchpad for military space operations. What looks like civilian cooperation is actually part of a PLA-linked global network tracking satellites and monitoring adversaries.
— Select Committee on China (@ChinaSelect) February 26, 2026
At least 11 Chinese-linked sites across… pic.twitter.com/koIarFiW9O
Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar said that the findings are "of serious concern" and "China is only investing in space operations in Latin American to advance its agenda and undermine America in space." It added that ongoing relations and "China-Latin American multilateral forums provide the diplomatic and legal cover for the long-term presence of Chinese-operated space facilities."
The committee went on to recommend the country's allies to "act promptly on the recommendations in this report and stop the expansion of China's space infrastructure."
Recommendations include for NASA to review cooperation with the countries hosting the bases to "ensure there are and have been no violations of the Wolf Amendment's prohibition on bilateral cooperation with China and Chinese-owned companies."
It also urges Congress to "consider updating the Wolf Amendment to close a growing loophole that allows prohibited bilateral cooperation with the PRC to continue under the guise of nominally multilateral arrangements."
Elsewhere, it says that U.S. agencies should "re-evaluate space, defense, and advanced technology cooperation with countries that host PRC-linked space infrastructure" and the government should take concrete steps towards "halting the expansion of PRC space infrastructure in Latin America, and ultimately seek to roll back and eliminate PRC space capabilities in the Western Hemisphere that threaten U.S. interests."
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