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.
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.
GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY Trump’s China trade war is forcing Latin America to pick a side 15-04-2025 14:02 Intensifying battle between world’s two largest economies has left governments grappling with the reality that their days of doing big business with Beijing without serious blowback from Washington are numbered.
INFRASTRUCTURE Chile unveils ‘bioceanic road corridor’ plan to fanfare 15-04-2025 13:18 President Gabriel Boric presents massive infrastructure project – the cost of which was not revealed – that would link the north of Chile with Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay to form a new trade route between the Atlantic and the Asia-Pacific.
GEOPOLITICS Brazil reluctant to pick between US and China in polarised world 23-10-2024 23:38 Brazilian leaders are walking a fine diplomatic line to appeal to both the US and China and shield their nation from any potential blowback in an increasingly polarised world.
SAN MARTÍN DE LOS ANDES Four soldiers killed, 18 injured as Army truck overturns in Patagonia 21-09-2023 23:30 Driver loses control of Argentine Army truck travelling along Route 62 near San Martin de los Andes; For reasons that are still under investigation, military vehicle overturned and derailed, falling from a height of 10 metres down a ravine.
THE WEEK IN REVIEW Stories that caught our eye: August 5 to 12 10-08-2023 23:07 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.