The group's operations reflect a broader goal: collecting political and economic intelligence on Latin American and Caribbean nations that either support or resist China's Belt and Road Initiative.

Security | 2025-05-13

China-linked cyber espionage hits Guatemala, escalating geopolitical concerns

The group's operations reflect a broader goal: collecting political and economic intelligence on Latin American and Caribbean nations that either support or resist China's Belt and Road Initiative.

As Chinese officials intensified their pressure on Bogota to join the Belt and Road Initiative before President Gustavo Petro leaves office, Colombian business leaders warned that the move comes at the worst possible time.

Politics | 2025-05-12

Uncertainty looms in Colombia ahead of CELAC-China forum in Beijing

As Chinese officials intensified their pressure on Bogota to join the Belt and Road Initiative before President Gustavo Petro leaves office, Colombian business leaders warned that the move comes at the worst possible time.

Venezuela's defiance of an international court to hold elections in Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo is fueling a dangerous escalation.

Security | 2025-05-09

ICJ ruling ignored: Venezuela's stance on Essequibo fuels fears of invasion

Venezuela's defiance of an international court to hold elections in Guyana's resource-rich Essequibo is fueling a dangerous escalation.

A secretive trade deal with China, if enacted, could open El Salvador to a wave of low-cost, poor-quality imports, threatening local industries and jobs, economists warn.

Economy | 2025-05-08

El Salvador negotiates risky and opaque FTA with China

A secretive trade deal with China, if enacted, could open El Salvador to a wave of low-cost, poor-quality imports, threatening local industries and jobs, economists warn.

A study found at least 214 Mennonite colonies across Latin America, occupying more land than the Netherlands, and accelerating deforestation as they expand their farms deeper into the continent.

Environment | 2025-05-07

Mennonite settlements fuel tensions and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon

A study found at least 214 Mennonite colonies across Latin America, occupying more land than the Netherlands, and accelerating deforestation as they expand their farms deeper into the continent.

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
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

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.

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
To inaugurate the library they touted as the 'largest and most modern in the region,' organizers had to borrow shelves from another library.

Education | 2025-03-28

El Salvador's National Library: opaque Chinese funding, mostly Western holdings
The presidential family controls Nicaragua's electricity generation and distribution through private companies, using a façade of Chinese cooperation to disguise business interests.

Energy | 2025-03-28

Ortega family energy business in Nicaragua gets boost from China
A project by a Chinese-led consortium meant to help one of Bogota's poorest neighborhoods remains stalled long after its scheduled opening in 2023.

Health | 2025-03-26

Bogota public hospital project plagued by PowerChina delays
The investigation revealed his role as a liaison between Chilean and Chinese officials, prompting an inquiry into high-ranking figures and a prosecutor's order for a list of Chinese suppliers who have contracts with the Santiago municipality.

Economy | 2025-03-25

Influence peddling probe in Chile focuses on Chinese businessman
A two-meter-high, 10km-long concrete wall separates San Juan de Miraflores from the affluent Santiago de Surco. Through its cracks, glimpses of lush greenery contrast with Surco's high water consumption.

Environment | 2025-03-25

Running water a luxury in poor areas of Lima
Colombia remains wary of Russia, citing concerns over espionage, election interference and Moscow's growing ties with Venezuela. A new report reveals why stronger diplomatic or economic relations between the two nations are unlikely.

Diplomacy | 2025-03-21

Russia's influence in Colombia seen as marginal, detrimental: Report
The contract, originally set for signing in early April, required Sinopetrol to make a $1.5 billion advance payment. The consortium missed the deadline and lost the concession.

Economy | 2025-03-20

Sinopetrol's failed oil deal prompts Ecuador to seek new offers
The Bolivian president admitted the government's inability to meet fuel demand and announced 10 measures to tackle the shortage. However, none of them addresses the root of the problem, leaders of various sectors argue.

Economy | 2025-03-19

Analysts liken Arce's fuel shortage response to 'pandemic measures'
Chinese electric cars are flooding the Brazilian market and threatening the viability of domestic carmarkers.

Economy | 2025-03-18

Brazil rejects being 'backyard' for Chinese surplus production
The Labor Ministry found 500 unpaid Chinese workers and shut down three facilities housing 80 Chinese and Ecuadorian workers in overcrowded, unsafe conditions. The workers worked 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Economy | 2025-03-17

Worker's death in Uruguay exposes controversial Chinese labor practices