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A view of the Argentina's Foreign Ministry headquarters building in Buenos Aires on July 1, 2025, on the eve of the 66th Summit of leaders of Mercosur and Associated States to be held on July 2 and 3.

Mercosur, European EFTA bloc conclude talks on free-trade deal

Today 19:10 Mercosur and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) close negotiations over a free-trade agreement.

Shipping containers at the Greenland Terminal in the port at Brevik, Norway.

Swiss-Norway group and South America’s Mercosur agree on free-trade deal

Today 18:17 European Free Trade Association of Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland finalise free-trade agreement with Mercosur bloc.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner shake hands during a meeting in São Paulo, on December 9, 2016.

POLITICS & COURTS

Court approves Lula’s visit to house-bound Fernández de Kirchner

Today 14:11 Federal judge approves Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request for Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to visit her in Buenos Aires while she’s under house arrest.

A policeman stands guard nearby the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires during the Ordinary Meeting of the Common Market Council (CMC) on July 2, 2025, within the framework of the 66th Summit of Leaders of Mercosur and Associated States.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN BUENOS AIRES

Fate of EU free-trade deal looms as Milei hosts Mercosur summit

Today 12:54 Leaders of South America's Mercosur bloc will hold two days of talks in Buenos Aires, focused on a massive trade deal with the European Union being blocked by France.

CRISTINA & THE COURTS

Fernández de Kirchner seeks permission for Lula visit under house arrest

Yesterday 21:43 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner requests permission to host Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a visit while serving her six-year jail term under house arrest.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU to present Mercosur trade deal 'in coming days'

30-06-2025 13:01 European Commission will present EU states with the final legal version of a trade deal with South American nations "in the coming days," says spokesperson.

Argentina's President Javier Milei laughs during the LXV Mercosur Summit in Montevideo on December 6, 2024.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN BUENOS AIRES

Milei to host Mercosur presidents amid tensions with Lula

29-06-2025 11:54 President will lead this week’s two-day two summit in Buenos Aires; Argentina’s leader to again push for a liberal shift in the South American trade bloc’s future.

BUSINESS & BANKING

Argentine fintech Tapi buys Mastercard unit in Mexico expansion

27-06-2025 13:15 Argentine payments services startup tapi has acquired the bill payment and cash-handling operations of Mastercard’s Arcus in Mexico, part of a bid to double-down on Latin America’s second-largest economy.

Javier Milei in Montevideo, Uruguay on December 6, 2024.

FOREIGN POLICY

With same demands, isolated Milei prepares for Mercosur summit

26-06-2025 18:51 No bilateral meetings anticipated, but at the upcoming summit in Buenos Aires, there could be clashes with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – if not over their stance regarding the international situation involving Israel and Iran, then over the Brazilian leader’s potential visit to see Cristina Fernández de Kirchner serving house arrest.

A woman walks past the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires on June 20, 2025.

WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Argentina raises security threat level amid Iran conflict

24-06-2025 10:14 Security was officially stepped up last Saturday following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Argentine embassies across the Middle East are now on ‘high’ alert.

by Walter Curia

Aerial view showing land deforested for cattle ranching in the Ituna/Itatá Indigenous territory, home to uncontacted Indigenous peoples, in Pará state, Brazil, on June 13, 2025.

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires, says monitor

24-06-2025 09:51 According to monitoring platform MapBiomas, fires razed 30 million hectares last year – a 62 percent jump compared to the 18.5 million hectares burned annually on average.

DIPLOMACY

US tells Latin America to choose a side in Iran conflict

24-06-2025 09:40 Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean must choose "which side they are going to be on" in the conflict with Iran, says a US State Department official.

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP

LatAm teams lay down the gauntlet to Europe at Club World Cup

21-06-2025 22:42 If anyone is going to stop a European side winning FIFA's new 32-team competition, it will be a club from South America.

This photograph shows second life battery cells at the VoltR plant, French manufacturer of eco-designed lithium batteries, in Verrieres-en-Anjou, western France on June 10, 2025.

lithium mining

Europe's lithium quest hampered by China and lack of cash

20-06-2025 09:20 Too much regulation and not enough investment, the paradox facing a Europe –in need of lithium.

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP

South American giants ignite Club World Cup

19-06-2025 14:28 On this side of the Atlantic Ocean at least, the Club World Cup has got off to a roaring start. So far, so good for Argentina's teams at FIFA’s flagship tournament.

by Dan Edwards

Businessman Alejandro 'Alec' Oxenford present his credentials to US President Donald Trump,.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Oxenford takes up post as Argentina’s ambassador to United States

18-06-2025 14:24 Tech businessman presents credentials to US President Donald Trump; Foreign Ministry reshuffle continues with appointment of key economic envoy.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Argentine deregulation offers upside for Globant in a tough year

17-06-2025 10:33 Software company Globant says the deregulation of the local financial industry is prompting companies to step up investment in technology systems.

Pro-Cristina demonstration in Buenos Aires.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: June 6 to 13

13-06-2025 18:03 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Gonzalo Montiel (left) and Sebastián Driussi of River Plate celebrate a goal in Buenos Aires on January 29.

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP

CWC risks deepening inequality in Latin American football

11-06-2025 23:02 Imbalances are only likely to grow in Latin American football as a result of the FIFA Club World Cup.

Boca Juniors v River Plate: Superclásico.

CLUB WORLD CUP

Club World Cup fixtures – when do Boca and River play?

11-06-2025 22:11 A look at the clashes facing Boca Juniors and River Plate in the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup.

A detailed view of the FIFA Club World Cup trophy.

FOOTBALL

FIFA's Club World Cup finally faces the ultimate test

11-06-2025 21:44 The new-look FIFA Club World Cup kicks off in the United States this weekend with 32 teams from around the globe taking part.

MULTILATERALISM

UN atomic boss achieves gender parity – just don’t call it DEI

11-06-2025 17:52 Argentine diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi, a top candidate to become the next United Nations secretary general, has achieved gender parity at the International Atomic Energy Agency in record time.

Materials and machines are seized in Spain.

GLOBAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RING

Child pornography swoop leads to 20 arrests in 12 nations

07-06-2025 09:16 An international operation involving Interpol against child pornography has resulted in the arrest of 20 people in 12 nations, including Argentina; Suspects across 12 countries were identified thanks to Spanish online investigation.

Stunning images of aurora australis (also known as southern lights) began to appear over the Antarctic.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: June 1 to 7

06-06-2025 18:39 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentina's forward Julián Álvarez kicks the ball to score past Chile's goalkeeper Brayan Cortes during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Chile and Argentina at the Nacional Julio Martínez Pradanos stadium in Santiago, on June 5, 2025.

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Argentina loss leaves Chile’s World Cup dreams in tatters

06-06-2025 01:35 National team wins 1-0 in Santiago thanks to Julián Álvarez goal; Chile extremely unlikely to make next year's World Cup in Canada, Mexico and United States; Scaloni hands debut to River's Mastantuono.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva listens to France's President Emmanuel Macron as they address a joint press conference following a meeting at the Élysée Presidential Palace in Paris on June 5, 2025.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Brazil's Lula urges Macron to seal EU-Mercosur trade deal

05-06-2025 12:14 Brazil's president urges French counterpart to "finalise" EU trade deal with Mercosur during visit to Paris.

Desarrollo País' Board of Directors President Luz Granier and Google's Director of Telecommunications Infrastructure Latin America Cristian Ramos pose for a picture after the signing of the agreement for the implementation of the first submarine fiber optic cable between South America and Asia-Pacific in Santiago on June 4, 2025.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chile, Google sign deal for first-ever South America-Asia fibre optic cable

05-06-2025 10:03 Dubbed the "Humboldt Project," the 14,800-kilometere cable will run from Valparaíso on Chile's Pacific coast to Sydney, Australia, via French Polynesia. According to Google, this will be the first such cable to directly connect South America and the Asia-Pacific.

US businessman and philanthropist Stan Polovets, the chair of the Genesis Prize Foundation.

STAN POLOVETS INTERVIEW

‘Eyes of world are on Milei,’ says Stan Polovets, chair of Genesis Prize

04-06-2025 12:18 Businessman and philanthropist Stan Polovets will be among those honouring President Javier Milei with the Genesis Prize for his support of Israel and the shift in Argentina’s foreign policy. “He is clearly on the side of the Jewish community,” he declares, praising Milei’s economic reforms and his connection to Judaism.

by Nicolás Gonzalez

In an aerial view, shipping containers are organised at the Houston Port of Authority on February 10, 2025 in Houston, Texas. President Trump has announced that he will be imposing a 25% tariff on all foreign steel and aluminum imports into the United States.

WORLD ECONOMY

Trump's trade war: US doubles steel, aluminium tariffs

04-06-2025 10:41 US president doubles tariffs on aluminium and steel from 25 percent to 50 percent, raising temperatures with various partners.

ENERGY & GAS

Paraguay pitches Argentina, Brazil on natural gas pipeline plan

03-06-2025 20:22 Paraguay is lobbying Argentina and Brazil to sign agreements signalling their political support for a proposed natural gas pipeline linking the three countries

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2025.

TRADE WARS

Trump says he will double steel and aluminum tariffs to 50%

31-05-2025 10:35 US President Donald Trump says will double steel and aluminium import tariffs to 50% from next week.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 24 to 31

30-05-2025 16:22 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

This handout picture released by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) shows the new Brazilian football team head coach Italian Carlo Ancelotti arriving at the Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 25, 2025.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Ancelotti in Brazil on mission to restore Seleçao's lost glory

26-05-2025 12:38 Brazilian Football Confederation spent two years wooing Ancelotti to try to turn the page on years of disappointment for the national side and its fans – now the work begins in earnest.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

MercadoLibre CEO steps aside after 25 years for chairman job

22-05-2025 08:53 Billionaire founder Marcos Galperin will step down as CEO of e-commerce and financial services giant Mercado Libre in January 2026.

This handout picture released by Codelco shows Codelco's President Maximo Pacheco (R) and SQM's President Ricardo Ramos shaking hands after signing an agreement in Santiago on May 31, 2024. Chile's state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, and SQM, one of the world's leading lithium producers, sealed an agreement on Friday to create a giant company to exploit lithium, a key metal for the energy transition.

MINING & INDUSTRY

Rio Tinto invests in major Chilean lithium project

19-05-2025 20:56 Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco announced a partnership on Monday with British-Australian miner Rio Tinto to extract lithium from the Maricunga salt flat.

The United States has announced a multi-million-dollar reward for information about the operations of Hezbollah in the Triple Border area.

REWARD OFFERED

US reward for info on Hezbollah at Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay border

19-05-2025 18:05 United States announces it is offering up to US$10 million for information on Hezbollah’s financial networks in the Triple Border region.

Aerial view shows Villa Baviera Village, formerly known as Colonia Dignidad, now called Villa Baviera, near Parral, Maule Province, Chile on April 15, 2025.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHILE

The battle by Chile torture site dwellers to remain

19-05-2025 13:51 Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway. But Colonia Dignidad, as it was previously known, is a byword for horror during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Globant headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

Globant suffers record intraday drop as tariffs dent earnings

17-05-2025 09:42 Globant shares plunged as much as 33% on Friday, the worst drop since the company went public in 2014, before paring some of those losses.

Argentina's President Javier Milei embraces Presidential Spokesperson and legislative candidate Manuel Adorni during his closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires on May 14, 2025. Buenos Aires City will hold legislative elections on May 18.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 9 to 16

16-05-2025 17:21 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Brazil's Football Confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues delivers a speech during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 10, 2024. A court in Rio de Janeiro ordered on May 15, 2025, the dismissal of Brazilian football federation head Ednaldo Rodrigues, ruling that a signature error nullified his employment contract.

International football

Fresh woes for Brazil football as federation boss dismissed

16-05-2025 09:26 New blow to Brazilian football, which celebrated some rare good news just four days ago with the announcement that Carlo Ancelotti will take the reins of the national team.

JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA (1935-2025)

‘Pepe’ Mujica and politics as tool for transformation

15-05-2025 14:26 José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, has passed away at the age of 89, leaving behind a legacy of social and economic transformation. During his administration, Argentina’s neighbour experienced historic growth, with inclusive policies that reduced poverty and promoted human rights.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Former Uruguay president José 'Pepe' Mujica takes Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for a ride in his old Volkswagen Beetle.

OBITUARY: JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA (1935-2025)

José Mujica: Happiness, wisdom and generosity

15-05-2025 14:06 If wisdom is the fruit of age, then José ‘Pepe’ Mujica lived long enough to share quite a bit. He was generous with it too, not wanting to take to the grave what had cost him so dearly to learn. During an eventful life, he learned that happiness doesn't come by way of sickle, chainsaw or hammer.

by Mónica Martin

CRISIS BITES

Two minimum wages now cover eight days of family expenses

15-05-2025 00:39 With the national wage council talks deadlocked, the Milei government has again unilaterally established the basic pay increase for registered workers, passing from 296,832 pesos in March to 302,600 pesos in April – a raise of 5,768 pesos.

by Agustina Bordigoni

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica speaks next to his wife, Lucía Topolansky, during a press conference to present the formal entry of Uruguayan journalist and writer Blanca Rodriguez (out of frame) into the Frente Amplio (FA) leftist political coalition, for which she will run for the Senate under Mujica's MPP party, at the FA's headquarters in Montevideo on August 27, 2024.

DEATH OF JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA

Pepe and Lucía: Uruguay's legendary revolutionary power duo

15-05-2025 00:30 The death of former Uruguayan president José 'Pepe' Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin America.

People pay respects to the coffin of Uruguay's former President José 'Pepe' Mujica at the Palacio Legislativo in Montevideo, on May 14, 2025, a day after his death. Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter and hero of the Latin American left, died on May 13, 2025 at the age of 89. The humble leader -- who once spent a dozen years behind bars for revolutionary activity -- lost his battle against cancer after announcing in January the disease had spread and he would stop treatment.

DEATH OF JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA

Uruguay bids fond farewell to popular ‘Pepe’ Mujica

15-05-2025 00:19 Thousands line streets of Montevideo to bid farewell to deceased former leader José ‘Pepe’ Mujica.

Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni gives a press conference at the Casa Rosada, as Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and other officials look on.

POLITICS

Milei’s Argentina eyes deportations, tightens immigration rules

14-05-2025 14:50 Milei government says it will tighten access to citizenship, accelerate deportations of foreign nationals with criminal records and make foreigners pay for state healthcare and university education.

Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner meets with former Uruguay president José 'Pepe' Mujica and his wife, former vice-president Lucía Topolansky.

DEATH OF JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA

Tributes for Mujica, Milei government’s lukewarm condolences

14-05-2025 00:02 Allies hail Uruguay ex-president’s legacy as Argentina’s government expresses condolences; Libertarian influencer’s distasteful response.

Former Uruguay president José 'Pepe' Mujica.

OBITUARY

'Pepe' Mujica: Uruguay's tractor-driving leftist icon

13-05-2025 17:28 Dubbed the world's "poorest president" while in office, José Mujica eschewed the trappings of success, continuing to live on his small farm, with his wife Lucía and three-legged dog Manuela at his side.

OBITUARY

The guerrilla fighter who became Uruguay's president

13-05-2025 17:17 'Pepe' Mujica, the former left-wing guerrilla who spent more than a decade in prison before becoming president of Uruguay, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in April 2024, which later spread to his liver.

URUGUAY

José 'Pepe' Mujica, icon of Latin American left, dead at 89

13-05-2025 16:39 José 'Pepe' Mujica, the former guerrilla fighter who governed Uruguay with an anti-consumerist discourse that made him a giant of the Latin American left, dies at the age of 89; Ex-president had been receiving palliative care after battling cancer.

Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gives a press conference at Real Madrid Sports City in Valdebebas ahead of their Liga football match against Mallorca, in Madrid on May 13, 2025.

International football

Three reasons Carlo Ancelotti can succeed with Brazil

13-05-2025 08:58 Carlo Ancelotti sets his sights on glory with Brazil – and completing his personal trophy cabinet.

Xi Jinping, China’s president, left, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, shake hands during a signing event at the Alvorada Palace in Brasília, Brazil, on Wednesday, November 20, 2024.

TRADE & COMMERCE

Lula and Xi to ink new deals as Brazil shrugs off Trump’s trade threats

13-05-2025 08:51 Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and China’s Xi Jinping are set to ink new trade-related agreements in Beijing on Tuesday.

Former Uruguay president (2010-2015) Jose 'Pepe' Mujica waves to supporters at the closing campaign rally of his political sector, part of the Frente Amplio party in Montevideo on October 19, 2024.

EX-URUGUAY PRESIDENT

Uruguay's ex-president Mujica receiving palliative care

12-05-2025 18:00 Former Uruguay president Jose 'Pepe' Mujica is in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care, his wife confirmed Monday.

Picture released by Adhoc news agency showing economist Mario Bergara, candidate for Mayor of Montevideo for the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) leftist coalition, celebrating after the first exit-poll results of Uruguay's municipal and departmental elections were announced, in Montevideo on May 11, 2025.

Local elections in Uruguay

Left retains control of Montevideo in Uruguay regional elections

12-05-2025 12:58 Uruguayan election cycle closes out with wins for Frente Amplio in Montevideo and Canelones, with opposition holding less populous territories nationwide.

International football

Confirmed: Ancelotti to take over as Brazil coach

12-05-2025 12:12 Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid to take his talents to the international game with Brazil.

A container ship at the Yokkaichi Port in Yokkaichi, Japan.

TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR

Trump’s priority list for tariff talks includes Argentina

11-05-2025 09:10 The Trump administration’s first trade talks involve an eclectic mix of major exporters and smaller economies.

Electric buses hit the streets of Buenos Aires City.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: May 2 to 9

09-05-2025 17:51 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

09-05-2025 08:26 Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015.

Pope Francis elevates to cardinal US prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops Robert Francis Prevost during a consistory to create 21 new cardinals at St. Peter's square in The Vatican on September 30, 2023.

PROFILE: Leo XIV

New pontiff Leo XIV spent decades amid the poor in Peru

08-05-2025 21:34 Robert Francis Prevost was born in Chicago but also has a Latin American connection, after spending much of his career in Peru before moving to Rome under Francis’ guidance.

US cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV.

NEW POPE CHOSEN

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

08-05-2025 14:32 Italian newspaper La Repubblica has called the new pontiff "the least American of the Americans" for his soft-spoken touch.

FILM & CINEMA

Fear and loathing: Trump film threat shocks Latin America

07-05-2025 23:25 Trump's threat to slap tariffs on foreign-made movies leaves Latin America's burgeoning film industry baffled and fearful.

Members of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service stand guard in front of the residence of Argentina's ambassador in Caracas in 2024.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Machado aides escape Venezuela after 15-month siege at Argentina's Embassy

07-05-2025 12:15 Five top aides of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado escape country after the US helped them foil a siege of Argentina's Embassy in Caracas.

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks next to the sword of Liberator Simón Bolívar during a May Day (Labour Day) rally, marking International Workers' Day, and in defence of his government reforms in Bogotá on May 1, 2025.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road

07-05-2025 11:19 Colombian leader Gustavo Petro says he will sign a "letter of intent" to join the Belt and Road Initiative, a central pillar of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping's bid to expand Beijing's economic and political clout overseas.

Germany's newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Merz tells France Mercosur trade deal must be ratified 'quickly'

07-05-2025 11:13 New German chancellor Friedrich Merz says EU countries should "quickly" ratify a free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc that has met with staunch opposition from France.

Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

Argentina's Embassy in Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition figures 'rescued' from Argentina's Embassy, says US

06-05-2025 22:34 Argentina's government confirms United States has successfully rescued of five Venezuelan opposition figures who had been sheltered in its Embassy at Caracas since March 2024.

Members of the Orquesta de los Barrios youth orchesta: Micaela Sandoval, Ruth Geréz, Lucas Flores.

COMMUNITY

Youth orchestra cultivates more than just music

03-05-2025 05:15 Director Néstor Tedesco’s Orquesta de los Barrios youth orchestra provides a network of support for young musicians from the city’s low-income neighbourhoods.

by Zella Milfred

Un fuerte terremoto de 7,4 grados se registró al sur de Ushuaia y hay alerta de tsunami en Chile

TSUNAMI WARNING

Major offshore quake causes tsunami scare in Chile, Argentina

02-05-2025 13:18 Residents of the remote southern village of Puerto Almanza were ordered to evacuate the area over threat of a tsunami caused by an earthquake off southern coast of South America.

Bolivia's former president Evo Morales speaks during an AFP interview in the coca-growing zone of Lauca Ene, Bolivia, on April 28, 2025.

latin america

Evo Morales vows no surrender in bid to reclaim Bolivian presidency

01-05-2025 09:31 Bolivia's first Indigenous president plans to formally launch a bid for a fourth term, despite being barred from running again.

President Javier Milei and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping.

ARGENTINA-CHINA RELATIONS

Chinese business interests await gesture from Milei towards Xi

01-05-2025 09:18 Over-enthusiasm for the United States has damaged links with China, hampering political moves towards investment and trade agreements. A presidential trip to the Asian power is the key to smoothing the acrimony.

by Eugenia Muzio

Argentina's government has announced that a crisis committee has been set up to send federal forces to the central city of Rosario following a request from Santa Fe Province Governor Maximiliano Pullaro to confront drug trafficking and drug violence.

CRIME & SECURITY

Organised crime hampering growth in Latin America, warns World Bank

29-04-2025 11:58 Organised crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is holding back economic growth, World Bank report warns.