China's latest megaproject in Brazil promises progress, but locals complain it is steamrolling their sacred lands and rights.

Environment | 2025-08-01

Chinese megaproject faces backlash on Brazil's Itaparica Island

China's latest megaproject in Brazil promises progress, but locals complain it is steamrolling their sacred lands and rights.

The controller found serious irregularities: 'This wasn't just a bad contract; it was abusive, exploitative and clearly against the interests of the nation.'

Economy | 2025-07-31

Panama's comptroller demands cancellation of port deal with Hong Kong conglomerate

The controller found serious irregularities: 'This wasn't just a bad contract; it was abusive, exploitative and clearly against the interests of the nation.'

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is urging 'clandestine resistance' against Maduro, as she goes into hiding and calls for civic rebellion after a disputed election.

Politics | 2025-07-30

US sanctions Venezuelan gang with alleged links to Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is urging 'clandestine resistance' against Maduro, as she goes into hiding and calls for civic rebellion after a disputed election.

The slaying of a young woman in Bogota has outraged a city waiting 6 years for the Chinese to finish building a nearby hospital. She died in a hospital 30 minutes away.

Health | 2025-07-29

Unfinished Chinese hospital near Bogota murder spotlights construction delays

The slaying of a young woman in Bogota has outraged a city waiting 6 years for the Chinese to finish building a nearby hospital. She died in a hospital 30 minutes away.

Chinese embassies and state media have quietly signed deals across Latin America, granting access to Chinese content, co-productions and funding, often with little public scrutiny. Is this soft power or strategic influence?

Media | 2025-07-24

China's media offensive: gaining influence and contracts in Latin America's information space

Chinese embassies and state media have quietly signed deals across Latin America, granting access to Chinese content, co-productions and funding, often with little public scrutiny. Is this soft power or strategic influence?

Following its failure to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, the country is now launching a national esports football team. Will digital glory make up for real-world defeat?

Society | 2025-07-23

China's top football body turns to esports after World Cup fiasco
The Kremlin spent two decades turning Russia's media into an engine of authoritarian control and hybrid warfare, silencing journalists and shaping global narratives.

Media | 2025-07-22

From NTV to Russia Today: Russia weaponizes its airwaves
The criminal-terrorist organization is amplifying Kremlin propaganda, using podcasts, TikTok and self-branded 'alternative media' to blur the line between insurgency and propaganda warfare.

Media | 2025-07-15

Colombia's ELN amplifies Kremlin propaganda in Latin America's digital battleground

The criminal-terrorist organization is amplifying Kremlin propaganda, using podcasts, TikTok and self-branded 'alternative media' to blur the line between insurgency and propaganda warfare.

As tensions over China's role in the Panama Canal grow, US military aircraft touch down in Panama for joint drills aimed at defending one of the world's most strategic trade routes.

Security | 2025-07-14

US military trains at Panama Canal
A Cuban mother races against time and empty pharmacies to find life-saving drugs for her sick son, in a country where medicine is vanishing and desperation fuels a black market.

Health | 2025-07-11

Cuba runs low on life-saving drugs
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
The structure in El Salvador, funded by China, promised progress, but locals say it brought exclusion, secrecy and lost livelihoods instead.

Society | 2025-06-09

New pier in La Libertad: A tourism boost overshadowed by secrecy
From protesting secret drilling near sacred springs to waging legal battles for survival, locals are demanding no lithium without consultation.

Environment | 2025-06-06

'No water, no future': Indigenous Bolivians halt lithium deals with Russia and China
Some collectors treat lifelike dolls as real babies, skipping work to care for them. Their attachment can become a disorder.

Society | 2025-06-05

Hyper-realistic dolls disturb, obsess Brazilians
The Chinese C919 jet's heavy reliance on US and European technology, engines, avionics and critical software exposes its manufacturer's limited global reach and fragile supply chain.

Economy | 2025-06-04

China's C919 plane hits turbulence in Brazil
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
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
A top Chinese delegation visited Argentina, aiming to tighten Beijing's grip on key sectors and fueling fears over growing influence and loss of sovereignty.

Economy | 2025-05-29

China's growing influence in Argentina sparks dependence concerns