Human Rights 2025-05-16
The boy taken by Beijing: 30 years without the Panchen Lama
Almost three decades after Chinese authorities abducted Gedhun Choekyi Nyima at age six, Beijing still refuses to break its silence.
Environment 2025-05-15
Brazilian Indigenous chief staves off Amazon destruction
A decades-long battleground: miners, loggers and settlers relentlessly raze the world's largest rainforest to feed China's growing appetite for soy and beef.
Energy 2025-05-14
China: Strategic partner or silent profiteer of Venezuelan oil?
Nicolás Maduro turns again to Beijing, but China's help comes at a cost. Behind talk of 'mutually beneficial cooperation,' Chinese negotiators demand even steeper discounts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Human Rights 2025-05-06
Complicit in destruction: Chinese banks fund abuses at Ecuador's Mirador mining project
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.
Media 2025-05-05
Kwai's content strategy: How the Chinese app uses creators to distort news in Brazil
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.
Security 2025-05-02
Cable wars: Growing signs of Russian-Chinese cooperation on maritime disruption
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 2025-05-01
Alleged arrival of 400 Hizbullah leaders in Latin America sparks terrorism fears
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.