A balloon from China, which Beijing says was a weather balloon and Washington claims is a surveillance aircraft, over Billings, Montana, U.S., Feb. 1, 2023. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Chase Doak ...

Beijing admitted that a second “unmanned airship” from China has entered other countries’ airspace, this time in Latin America and the Caribbean. That follows a higher-profile incident ...

In May, China hosted the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum in Beijing. Colombia signed onto the Belt and Road Initiative. Public ...

Trade between China and Latin America grew to $315 billion in 2020 from $12 billion in 2000, according to the World Economic Forum. In a decade, that number is expected to top $700 billion.

Latin America has emerged as a key battleground in US President Donald Trump's confrontation with China, and the region is coming under pressure from Washington to choose a side. China has ...

(Bloomberg) -- In the tit-for-tat trade war between the US and China, Latin America is siding with Beijing. Calls for closer economic ties with China are growing louder in the region, particularly ...

China's rising influence in the Caribbean and Latin America in recent years has raised concerns about its potential political and economic impact on Florida.

China is expanding its economic and political footprint in Latin America through billions of dollars in loans and cooperative deals, further challenging U.S. influence in the region.

Chancay typifies the footprint that China has stamped on Latin America in this century. Two-way trade has climbed from $18bn in 2002 to $450bn in 2022.

Over the past 25 years, China’s economic ties with Latin America have grown at a remarkable pace. In 2000, China was only the seventh-largest export market for the region.

Following Trump’s joint address to Congress on March 4, China’s Ambassador to Colombia posted on X: “In 1823, the U.S. launched the Monroe Doctrine against Latin America, raising its big stick.