Social unrest is shaking Bolivia's political foundations, and could spell the end of nearly 20 years of leftist rule in the upcoming August elections, as calls for change grow louder across the country.

Politics | 2025-06-20

'No rice, no sugar, no eggs': Bolivians despair as economy tanks

Social unrest is shaking Bolivia's political foundations, and could spell the end of nearly 20 years of leftist rule in the upcoming August elections, as calls for change grow louder across the country.

Chinese-made solar inverters installed across Latin America could open the door to remote sabotage or surveillance in the region's expanding renewable energy networks.

Energy | 2025-06-18

Chinese solar panels under scrutiny amid fears of hidden communication systems

Chinese-made solar inverters installed across Latin America could open the door to remote sabotage or surveillance in the region's expanding renewable energy networks.

They are challenging a 'patriarchal-neocolonial model' of resource exploitation that marginalizes their voices.

Human Rights | 2025-06-17

Women spearhead resistance to Chinese mining in Peru and Ecuador

They are challenging a 'patriarchal-neocolonial model' of resource exploitation that marginalizes their voices.

Brazil and China are expanding their space partnership, but behind the smiles lie secrecy, unequal tech roles and growing doubts about sovereignty. Who really holds control?

Science Technology | 2025-06-13

Brazil's space alliance with China prompts sovereignty, social impact worries

Brazil and China are expanding their space partnership, but behind the smiles lie secrecy, unequal tech roles and growing doubts about sovereignty. Who really holds control?

Shein and Temu win over consumers with low prices but wreak havoc on local economies.

Economy | 2025-06-12

Chinese e-commerce platforms squeeze Latin America's textile industry

Shein and Temu win over consumers with low prices but wreak havoc on local economies.

Poaching and years of regulations favoring industrial trawlers are driving the population of 'merluza' to near-collapse in Chilean waters.

Environment | 2025-06-11

Chile battles to save beloved hake
As Chinese investments surge across Latin America, analysts question their long-term benefits and the secrecy that China insists on.

Economy | 2025-06-10

Latin America must regulate Chinese investments more aggressively: analysts
Daniel Ortega's regime is betting big on China, but new loans could push Nicaragua's debt to $1.19 billion and subject Nicaraguans to Chinese-designed internet monitoring.

Economy | 2025-06-03

Ortega's China ties push Nicaragua further into debt

Daniel Ortega's regime is betting big on China, but new loans could push Nicaragua's debt to $1.19 billion and subject Nicaraguans to Chinese-designed internet monitoring.

The Chinese are buying, dissecting and turning Russian military gear into Chinese knockoffs.

Security | 2025-06-02

'A nation of copiers': China leverages Russian military tech to plan for Taiwan conflict
Beijing's unexpected offer to Colombia raises alarm as Bogotá weighs a pivot from decades of successful US-backed defense strategy.

Security | 2025-05-30

China's J-10CE jet offer to Colombia threatens to reshape South American security dynamics
What began as a mining project in Ecuador's Amazon has become a sustained campaign of aggression and abuse, fueled by Chinese financing and marked by a systematic pattern that has fractured communities and eroded the region's social fabric.

Human Rights | 2025-05-06

Complicit in destruction: Chinese banks fund abuses at Ecuador's Mirador mining project
Kwai faces backlash in Brazil over content manipulation and misinformation. Leaked reports reveal how the platform rewards creators to push specific narratives, including fake news.

Media | 2025-05-05

Kwai's content strategy: How the Chinese app uses creators to distort news in Brazil
Russia and China may be collaborating on undersea cable sabotage, with more than a dozen suspicious incidents since 2023. Latin America's undersea cables face rising threats and limited backups, making security more urgent than ever.

Security | 2025-05-02

Cable wars: Growing signs of Russian-Chinese cooperation on maritime disruption
These leaders who reportedly are relocating to Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela could bring drones, missiles and tactics to a region ill equipped to counter them, say analysts.

Security | 2025-05-01

Alleged arrival of 400 Hizbullah leaders in Latin America sparks terrorism fears
Scientists in the region have developed 'Jaspe,' a resilient variety of rice that thrives in tough conditions. One farmer's early trials suggest it could be a game changer.

Environment | 2025-04-30

Hardy new rice strain offers hope for drought-stricken Chile
In Ecuador, organized crime preys on girls, recruiting them into networks of sexual violence where criminal leaders treat them as property. Behind the surge in missing minors, a darker reality unfolds.

Crime & Justice | 2025-04-29

Ecuador's internal war: the exploitation of child soldiers
Costa Rica faces a troubling shift as organized crime fuels a surge in homicides and drug trafficking. Foreign cartels and local gangs have driven violence to historic levels.

Crime & Justice | 2025-04-28

From safe haven to hot spot: organized crime imperils Costa Rica's tourism economy
Colombia hosts 3,000 edible plant species, but one in 10 is at risk of extinction. In 2024 alone, deforestation for farming and coca cultivation wiped out forests the size of Hong Kong.

Society | 2025-04-25

Colombia's 'Lord of the Fruit' leads fight to save native plant species
As construction advances on the National Stadium in San Salvador, critics say El Salvador's deals with China are shrouded in secrecy and shut out local workers.

Economy | 2025-04-24

Chinese state-owned firm with corrupt past builds El Salvador's National Stadium
Indigenous communities on the Ecuador-Colombia frontier face escalating violence as criminal organizations tighten their grip, forcing youth into their ranks, turning villages into human shields and spreading fear across ancestral lands.

Crime & Justice | 2025-04-23

Caught in the crossfire: Indigenous residents along Colombia-Ecuador border face cartel violence