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Diplomacy

Xi’s South American tour: China takes centre stage as US heads for the wings

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s nine-day trip to Peru and Brazil shows Beijing’s growing profile while US awaits the coming of Trump 2.0.

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Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi wins Uruguay presidential election

China

Uruguay’s once-dull election has become a dead heat in presidential run-off

Mexico

Mexico ditches Chinese products amid fears of exclusion from US-Canada trade pact

Mexican officials fear their country could be left out of the USMCA over alleged trade in Chinese steel and automotive products.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE
China trade

Amid US tariff threats, can port in Peru open up new markets for China?

US$3.5 billion Chancay port will initially be able to handle 1 million containers a year.

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Brazil

Brazil police indict Bolsonaro and aides over alleged 2022 coup attempt

Ex-president Bolsonaro accused of plot to overthrow election result, but he rejects the accusations against him.

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Nicaragua’s Ortega proposes making him and wife ‘co-presidents’

Vice-President Rosario Murillo has become the face of the government as her husband rarely makes public appearances.

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice-President Rosario Murillo. File photo: AP
Venezuela

US calls Venezuela opposition’s Gonzalez ‘president-elect’

The Biden administration’s use of the term prompted a furious reaction from Caracas.

Crime

Bodies burned in streets after Haiti police, civilians kill 28 suspected gang members

Grisly scenes in Haiti’s capital as residents stand with police in a battle to repel the latest gang attack.

Crime

Police arrest ex-Bolsonaro aide, 4 others, in alleged plot to kill Brazil’s Lula

The alleged plot involved killing Lula and his vice-president, and installing an “Institutional Crisis Management Office” to manage the coup’s aftermath.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on during the second session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18. Photo: AFP
Social media

Brazil’s first lady insults Elon Musk at G20 social event

The swear word incident adds a new twist to Brazil’s already strained relationship with the tech billionaire right before the G20.

Brazil’s first lady, Rosangela “Janja” da Silva, sparked controversy on Saturday by insulting billionaire X-owner Elon Musk, who in turn responded with darts against President Lula’s ranks, two days ahead of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AFP
Venezuela

Venezuela frees more than 200 prisoners detained after election

The releases come after President Maduro said authorities would review the cases of those who might have been mistakenly arrested.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong says new free-trade pact with Peru will spur business opportunities

Peruvian leader calls deal ‘new impetus for our companies to access one of the most competitive and dynamic markets in the world’.

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US-China relations

Xi arrives in Peru for Apec, ready to sign 30 bilateral deals for China

A focal point of his visit will be the virtual inauguration of the South American country’s US$3.5 billion port funded by Beijing.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping deplanes in Callao, Peru, on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Photo: AP
Brazil

Suspected bomber dead after trying to enter Brazil Supreme Court ahead of G20

Early indications are that it was a suicide, and no one else was hurt, vice-governor says.

The scene where a man died after an explosion in front of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court. Photo: AFP
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

As Apec opens, the largest figure in attendance is not even there: Donald Trump

The US president-elect and his preference to shed, not support, multilateral institutions cast a looming shadow over Lima this week.

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Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Chancay, Peru port project

The Chinese-funded megaport in Chancay, Peru, may reshape Pacific trade, but has also made the United States uneasy. This two-part series looks at the development of the project, its impact on global trade, its social cost and the implications for the whole of the South American continent.

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Mexico

Gunmen open fire in bar in central Mexico, killing 10 and injuring 13

At least one person was arrested following the deadly attack in a bar in downtown Santiago de Queretaro.

Mexican soldiers outside the Los Cantaritos bar where an armed group broke in on Sunday, killing 10 people. Photo: AFP
Earthquakes

After hurricanes, 2 earthquakes jolt crisis-hit Cuba

Back-to-back earthquakes follow two hurricanes and two major blackouts in the last three weeks.

Climate change

Amazon’s giant fish catch threatened by severe drought

Two years of drought has fishermen and indigenous communities requesting government aid, in what is being called a matter of climate justice.

Argentina

Argentine beef exports hit highest level in more than 5 decades

Data showed that January-to-September beef exports totalled nearly 700,000 metric tons, with nearly 70 per cent bought by Chinese buyers.

Cows at a farm in Saladillo, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: Reuters
US presidential election 2024

Global South faces trickier US-China balancing act after Trump victory

The pledge to put 60 per cent tariffs on Chinese exports will have a major impact on economic decision-making across different continents.

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Donald Trump, pictured at an Asean summit in 2017. Photo: AP
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Morales supporters storm Bolivia military barracks, take hostages

The situation marks a dramatic escalation between backers of the ex-president – who is facing rape charges – and the government.

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Bolivia accuses ex-president Morales of ‘staged’ assassination attempt

Bolivia’s government claimed the former leader’s convoy had fired on special anti-narcotics police who were carrying out a patrol.

Crime

Bolivia’s Morales accuses government after his vehicle was hit by gunfire

Ex-president accuses current president of assassination attempt after vehicle was shot 14 times, hurting driver.

Bullet damage on a pickup truck in which former Bolivian president Evo Morales was traveling. Photo: Kawsachun Coca via AFP
United Nations

Haiti gangs open fire and hit UN helicopter mid-air as violence surges

Spike in Haiti gang violence comes just months after a UN-backed mission led by Kenyan police began.

Security personnel escort the car of a member of Haiti’s presidential council in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Xi offered Brazil state visit while Biden plans Lula talks in Amazon

Xi Jinping gets state visit in place of Biden, who will not make it to Brasilia.

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Peru

Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets 20 years in prison for corruption

Alejandro Toledo, who governed Peru from 2001 to 2006, was jailed for accepting US$35 million in bribes for construction tenders.

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last updated:
23 August, 2024
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