Incoming US president has repeatedly stated that Beijing is ‘operating’ the crucial waterway – an untruth, but one that gets at Washington’s fears of Beijing’s influence in the region.
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China may see Trump’s Latin American policies as opening up new opportunities for it in the region.
The incoming US president, Donald Trump, has refused to rule out taking control of the Panama Canal by force.
As Venezuela’s strongman leader prepares to be sworn in as president, the country’s opposition vows to fight on.
The incoming US president is intent on pushing through policies that may provoke Mexico to respond with tariffs of their own − or other measures that would hurt American consumers and US interests.
‘Ours is the only city in Brazil where the Confederate flag flies,’ said a city council member in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste. A new law there bans ‘symbols that promote racist and segregationist ideas.’
Francis’ vision for a ‘synodal’ church is one built on trust and relationships − a dance where partners work together.
Trump reversed the Cuba ‘thaw’ initiated by President Barack Obama. But second-guessing the incoming president’s policy on the island isn’t straightforward.
Protectionist policies could harm exports of Brazilian industrial products, and the alliance between the US and Argentina will jeopardise Brazil’s efforts to integrate South America
An agreement between an indigenous community and an energy company secured the development of a power plant in exchange for community benefits. But the deal does not meet energy justice principles.
Tensions are on the rise in Bolivia and there looks to be no end in sight.
The overwhelming focus of Venezuelan migrants in the US is on earning enough money to build a life back home.
Haiti’s gangs are turning their attention to vulnerable boys and girls as their battle with security forces continues.
A new study finds that immigrants contribute about $2.2 trillion annually to the US economy, and that might be an undercount.
Known locally as “la Reina del Sur”, Soraya’s story shows how gender issues permeate the criminal activities of gangs and drug traffickers.
Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.
The Kenyan-led policing mission to Haiti has been extended for another year as struggle to contain gang violence continues.
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.
Recent wildfires in Belize shows how we must work together to revitalize Indigenous knowledge systems and plant the seeds of collaborative climate action.
Adherents to the ‘new right’ ideology in Latin America are leveraging the tools of democracy to erode the democratic system from within and prolong their grip on power
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