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Chilean firms partner to form giant company to exploit lithium
Last month China approved the planned partnership between state-owned Codelco and private firm SQM, which features Chinese capital.
28 Dec 2025 - 5:17AM
Americas and the Caribbean
Bus crash kills 15 in Guatemala, government declares 3 days of national mourning
28 Dec 2025 - 3:58AM
Brazil
Brazil’s former president Bolsonaro has surgery to treat hiccups, wife says
28 Dec 2025 - 7:25AM
Venezuela
Venezuela ‘frees 99 prisoners’ detained after 2024 election protests
Rights groups said the number released ‘does not correspond to reality’ despite growing pressure from Washington on President Maduro.
27 Dec 2025 - 2:57AM
Demonstrators hold a banner demanding the release of all political prisoners during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela on January 9. On Friday, the prisons authority said it had released 99 prisoners. Photo: AFP
Americas and the Caribbean
Brazil’s Bolsonaro backs son’s presidential bid, undergoes hernia surgery
The former president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, was allowed to leave prison for the operation.
26 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
Americas and the Caribbean
Trump-backed Asfura declared winner of Honduras presidential election
The vote count took weeks, fuelling international concern and doubts about the Latin American country’s fragile electoral system.
25 Dec 2025 - 9:22AM
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China-Latin America relations
Brazil weighs visa-free entry for Chinese tourists and business travellers
Brazil saw nearly 80 per cent growth in Chinese tourists in 2024 and would join only two neighbours offering visa-free entry.
25 Dec 2025 - 12:38AM
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If confirmed, the visa waiver would simplify travel for Chinese visitors to Brazil and could accelerate arrivals to destinations such as Iguazu Falls. Photo: Handout
China-Latin America relations
China, Russia clash with US at UN over Venezuela oil seizures and naval pressure
Venezuela turns to UN as Trump’s oil crackdown intensifies and Caracas advances a law targeting those in support of naval blockades.
24 Dec 2025 - 7:46AM
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United States
5 killed in Texas fog after crash of Mexican plane on medical mission
The Navy plane had a young patient on board, part of a non-profit’s work providing emergency transport to children with life-threatening burns.
23 Dec 2025 - 5:25PM
China-Latin America relations
China says US broke international law by seizing oil tankers off Venezuela
Situation intensifies as Beijing condemns tanker seizures and US security chief calls to remove Nicolas Maduro from power.
23 Dec 2025 - 8:27AM
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Venezuela
US pursues third oil tanker as Trump’s Venezuela ‘blockade’ intensifies
US Coast Guard shadows a sanctioned ‘dark fleet’ supertanker as Washington moves to choke off Venezuela’s oil revenue.
22 Dec 2025 - 10:20AM
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A US military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted by the US Coast Guard on Saturday. On Sunday, officials said the US was pursuing a third tanker in waters off Venezuela. Photo: DHS via Reuters
Americas and the Caribbean
Venezuela slams ‘international piracy’ after US seizes another vessel
Trump has ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers in and out of the area, but the ship is reportedly not one of those blacklisted.
21 Dec 2025 - 9:57AM
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Trump leaves war with Venezuela on the table, threatens more seizures: NBC
The comments increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s regime, but Trump wouldn’t say if ousting the Venezuelan leader was his ultimate goal.
19 Dec 2025 - 7:33PM
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Americas and the Caribbean
Trump’s Venezuela ‘blockade’ raises legal questions as US masses forces
With an unusually large US military presence near Venezuela, observers warn of tactics that stretch the bounds of international law.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:18PM
Americas and the Caribbean
Brazil’s Lula vows to veto bill slashing Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison term
The proposed law could see the ex-president spend just over two years behind bars for an attempted coup.
19 Dec 2025 - 2:09AM
Protesters rally against the sentence-reduction bill in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday. Photo: EPA
Americas and the Caribbean
US forces strike another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4
The attack brought the total number of known boat strikes to 26, while at least 99 people have been killed.
18 Dec 2025 - 10:44AM
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Americas and the Caribbean
Brazil’s Congress passes bill to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence
If successful, the legislation could see Brazil’s former president serve a little over two years in prison for coup plot.
18 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM
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China-Latin America relations
BYD plans giant Brazil factory to scale electric bus and truck production
The new plant would dwarf BYD’s current Brazil operation, lifting output from about 600 units over a decade to up to 7,000 a year.
18 Dec 2025 - 5:14AM
BYD’s confidence in Brazil was reinforced in October with the opening of the company’s large passenger vehicle factory in Camacari, in the northeastern state of Bahia. Photo: Handout
China food security
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What does future hold for Brazil, US in China’s soybean balancing act?
The two countries remain top suppliers, but efforts to promote self-sufficiency are set to reduce reliance on imports.
18 Dec 2025 - 1:12AM
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Americas and the Caribbean
Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of Venezuela
Venezuelan government condemns blockade as ‘irrational’ after the US president demands it ‘return’ oil, land and assets to the US.
17 Dec 2025 - 4:27PM
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Americas and the Caribbean
US military boat strikes kill 8, adding to drug war death toll
The US military said it targeted ‘designated terrorist organisations’, and posted video of an operation in the eastern Pacific.
16 Dec 2025 - 4:42PM
China-Latin America relations
Mexico stands by its decision for 50 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods
Government defends tariff package as vital to supporting domestic workers and producers, and not aimed at curbing imports from China.
16 Dec 2025 - 2:27AM
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Mexican Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Monday defended his country’s decision to impose new tariffs on imports from China. Photo: AP
Commodities
Chinese mining giant CMOC buys four Brazilian gold mines to expand
CMOC will own the Aurizona, RDM, Fazenda and Santa Luz mines, with 8 tons of combined annual gold output.
15 Dec 2025 - 12:55PM
Chile
Chile takes hard-right turn as Kast scores landslide election victory
Jose Antonio Kast declares Chile ‘wanted change’ as the South American nation chooses its most right-wing president in decades.
15 Dec 2025 - 3:33PM
Americas and the Caribbean
How Mexico’s Sheinbaum weaves generations of tradition into her signature style
The colourful embroidered dresses and blouses have become a wardrobe staple for Mexico’s ‘most stylish’ president.
13 Dec 2025 - 1:46PM
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