Category: South America

China Hands Over Ecuador’s Coca Codo Dam as Defects and Risks Remain Unresolved

By Julie Radomski Ten years after the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric dam first came online, the Chinese state-owned construction company Sinohydro Corporation finally turned the project over to the Ecuadorian state last Friday.  Yet Ecuador only agreed to accept it ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

The Emerging China-Global South Energy Nexus

This month brought quietly momentous news: for the first time ever, the world’s share of renewable energy surpassed that generated by burning coal. 
China is one of the world’s biggest consumers of coal and is therefore partly responsible for bringing us to our current carbon crisis. 

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Tiktok Seeks Brazil Fintech License to Offer Credit

Social media platform TikTok, controlled by China's ByteDance, is seeking approval from the Brazilian central bank to operate as a lending and payments fintech, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The sources, who requested anonymity because the plans are confidential, ...

How China Is Wooing Paraguay’s Political Class Away From Longtime Ally Taiwan

By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott When Paraguayan opposition lawmaker Leidy Galeano returned from an all-expenses-paid tour of six Chinese cities late last year, she was convinced Paraguay risked missing out on major economic gains by sticking with longtime ally Taiwan over Beijing - ...

Chile Denies Onboard Care by Chinese Medical Ship as U.S. Pressure Mounts

Chile denied permission for a Chinese hospital ship to provide medical services onboard, saying the vessel lacked authorization to treat local residents, a decision that came amid heightened pressure from the U.S. over a proposed undersea cable project. The medical ship ...

Peru Congress Ousts President Jeri Because of China-Linked Secret Meetings

By Alexander Villegas and Sarah Morland Peru's Congress on Tuesday ousted President Jose Jeri just four months into his term over a scandal involving undisclosed meetings with a Chinese businessman, extending a cycle of political upheaval that has gripped the Andean nation for ...

U.S. Pushes for Venezuela Investment, Energy Secretary Warns About Legitimacy of Chinese Deals

By Marianna Parraga, Sarah Kinosian and Timothy Gardner U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright pushed on Wednesday for expanded U.S. investments in Venezuela as part of the highest-level U.S. visit focused on energy policy in nearly three decades, while warning about the legitimacy ...

Brazil Mulls Assigning Beef Export Quotas for Exporters Dealing With China, Official Says

By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano The Brazilian government may assign individual export quotas for domestic beef companies selling products to China, Luis Rua, trade secretary at Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, said in an interview on Wednesday.

U.S. Soy Futures Pull Back From Rally as Brazil Harvest Advances

By Julie Ingwersen U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday on profit-taking after a rally last week drove prices to a two-month high well above $11 a bushel, tied to U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks that China may buy more beans from the United ...

Bolivia Wants Closer U.S. Ties, Without Alienating China: Minister

By José Arturo Cárdenas Bolivia's new government plans to restore full diplomatic ties with Washington "as soon as possible," after a nearly two-decade rupture, Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo told AFP. Relations between Washington and the ...

Brazil Signals New Openness to Mercosur-China Talks as Beijing Seeks Deeper Ties

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Lucinda Elliott Brazil is considering pushing for a partial trade agreement between the Mercosur bloc and China for the first time, senior Brazilian government officials said, in what would be a major shift for Latin America's largest ...

Argentina Trade Deals With U.S. Do Not Box out China, Minister Says

By Leila Miller and Brendan O'Boyle A deal on critical minerals between Argentina and the U.S. signed this week does not rule out Chinese investment in the country's mining sector, Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Friday.

Peru Exports Jump as China Trade Accelerates After Chancay Port Launch

Peru's exports hit a new record in 2025, jumping 21% from the prior year, fueled by the launch of a massive port on the country's central coast. The South American country's exports totaled $90.08 billion last year, thanks to higher sales ...

China’s Xi Calls for ‘Equal, Multipolar World’ as He Meets Uruguay Leader

China and Uruguay should work together to advance an "equal and orderly multipolar world", President Xi Jinping told his counterpart Yamandu Orsi on Tuesday, as their nations signed up to cooperate in areas from trade to the environment. Orsi's visit is the ...
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