China's surging gold appetite is driving illicit mining from Indonesia to South America, fueling environmental destruction, organized crime and geopolitical tensions, a new investigation warns.

Environment | 2025-09-09

China's illicit gold push reshapes global mining, fuels environmental destruction: report

China's surging gold appetite is driving illicit mining from Indonesia to South America, fueling environmental destruction, organized crime and geopolitical tensions, a new investigation warns.

As Daniel Ortega fades from public life, Rosario Murillo tightens her grip with arrests, purges and prison deaths, signaling Nicaragua's slide deeper into authoritarian rule.

Politics | 2025-09-08

Fresh Nicaragua crackdown hints at behind-the-scenes power grab

As Daniel Ortega fades from public life, Rosario Murillo tightens her grip with arrests, purges and prison deaths, signaling Nicaragua's slide deeper into authoritarian rule.

Ecuador is deepening ties with the United States while managing infrastructure-for-loan deals with China that left the South American country in a strategic debt trap.

Crime & Justice | 2025-09-05

Rubio ramps up Ecuador support in tough anti-crime drive

Ecuador is deepening ties with the United States while managing infrastructure-for-loan deals with China that left the South American country in a strategic debt trap.

Once alive with salsa and neon, Guayaquil's nightlife lies in ruins as cartel violence and extortion turn Ecuador's commercial hub into South America's deadliest city.

Crime & Justice | 2025-09-04

Nightlife falls silent as Ecuador's narco gangs take charge

Once alive with salsa and neon, Guayaquil's nightlife lies in ruins as cartel violence and extortion turn Ecuador's commercial hub into South America's deadliest city.

Guyana is upgrading its jungle highway toward Brazil, boosting trade and access to oil-rich Essequibo, a region still shadowed by Venezuela's baseless territorial claims.

Economy | 2025-09-03

Guyana's remote dirt road seen as future economic lifeline

Guyana is upgrading its jungle highway toward Brazil, boosting trade and access to oil-rich Essequibo, a region still shadowed by Venezuela's baseless territorial claims.

Students must polish shoes, keep conservative haircuts and say 'please' and 'thank you' under new military-style rules.

Society | 2025-09-02

Crew cuts and shiny shoes: El Salvador schools get anti-gang makeover
China's new 4,800-hectare mining deal in Nicaragua threatens the last sanctuary of the endangered green macaw, sparking fears of ecological collapse in Río San Juan's fragile forests.

Environment | 2025-08-29

Chinese mining deal threatens destruction of Nicaragua's green macaw sanctuary
China's Super League reels from match-fixing and gambling scandals, while the national team's dismal tournament showings spark relentless scorn from furious fans online.

Society | 2025-08-21

Amateur football leagues win over cynical Chinese fans

China's Super League reels from match-fixing and gambling scandals, while the national team's dismal tournament showings spark relentless scorn from furious fans online.

Belize is seizing the Taiwanese shrimp market and gaining access to a lucrative trade as the two countries cement ties.

Economy | 2025-08-19

Belize steps in to replace Honduras as Taiwan's key shrimp supplier
Ecuador's gangs, fueled by corruption and its dollar economy, battle for control of drug routes. Preliminary probes link the latest killings to organized crime's bloody grip.

Crime & Justice | 2025-08-18

Seven killed in latest Ecuador pool hall shooting
Chinese banks fund Latin America's biggest mines, while communities face violence and evictions.

Human Rights | 2025-07-17

China's silent banks: hidden enablers of environmental abuses in Latin America
China's push to isolate Taiwan appears to have moved beyond diplomacy, reaching into digital espionage and street-level surveillance in the heart of Asunción.

Diplomacy | 2025-07-16

Paraguay vows to stand by Taiwan, host its president
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
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
China and Brazil are planning a transcontinental railroad to the Peruvian port of Chancay. But they did not ask Peru about the threat to its Indigenous lands, Amazon biodiversity and sovereignty.

Politics | 2025-07-10

Brazil-China bioceanic railroad outrages unconsulted Peru
Critics blast RT as a propaganda weapon that exploits democracy, spreads disinformation and challenges Chile's grip on information sovereignty.

Media | 2025-07-08

RT's debut on Chilean public TV arouses alarm over propaganda and risk to democracy
The frequency of these purges suggests a deeper concern: loyalty within the ranks is not as steadfast as Xi would like.

Politics | 2025-07-04

Cracks in the armor: Xi Jinping's military purge raises questions of control
Corruption and decades of neglect have left taps running dry. A nationwide water crisis is exposing the cost of mismanagement, and millions are paying the price with daily water cuts.

Society | 2025-07-03

Drilling for water in Venezuela's parched oil town
A deadly underground war pits China's Zijin Mining against the Clan del Golfo, while thousands of artisanal miners fight to survive between bullets, explosions and economic desperation.

Security | 2025-07-02

Clan del Golfo, Chinese mining giant and artisanal miners fight for Colombian gold