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BUSINESSJul 8Trump’s tariff war pushes Brazil’s trade towards China as US share hits record lowThe US share of Brazilian exports fell to its lowest level since 1997 in the first half of 2026, while China widened its lead as the country’s top trading partner, according to the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil, whose report landed as Washington held public hearings on a proposed new round of tariffs against Brazilian goods. American buyers took 9.4 per cent of Brazilian exports between January and June, down from 12.1 per cent a year earlier and the smallest share in the chamber’s...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJul 6Why Peru wants to shift its relationship with China beyond raw mineral suppliesPeru wants to move to the next phase of its economic relationship with China to reduce the risks from trade ties dominated by the export of raw minerals, according to the country’s ambassador, Carlos Vasquez. He told Tsinghua University’s World Peace Forum in Beijing on Friday that Peru was now seeking investment in the country’s infrastructure as it sought to diversify its economy. He said a handful of products – including copper, iron and fishmeal – accounted for more than 90 per cent of...South China Morning Post
WORLDJul 2Aftermath of Venezuela’s earthquake, China-Colombia ties: 7 Latin America relations readsWe have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering Latin American relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘I will sell to someone else’: Brazil’s Lula hits back at US after China beef win Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva thanked China for clearing the country’s beef of foot-and-mouth disease and fired a barb at US President Donald Trump, saying “I will sell to someone else”,...South China Morning Post
WORLDJun 29China To Send $14.7m In Aid To Venezuela For Quake ReliefChinese leader Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez on Friday. The post China To Send $14.7m In Aid To Venezuela For Quake Relief appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
DISASTERJun 29China pledges extra US$14.7 million in earthquake relief to VenezuelaSouth China Morning Post
SCI & TECHJun 27Discovery of fish-eating raptor in Argentina points to prehistoric links with ChinaScientists have uncovered a new species of raptor in Argentina that sports the same telltale curved claw as the velociraptors found in China, some 19,000km (11,800 miles) away. Though they were found on opposite ends of the world, these two dinosaurs were close kin – tracing back to a common ancestor from an era when the continents were knitted together to form one big land mass. This discovery, published late last month in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, has prompted scientists to...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSJun 26In Venezuela, China’s oil-for-loan deals run into debt restructuring, US ‘gatekeeper’ riskThe United States represents the primary obstacle to continuing oil-for-loan arrangements between China and Venezuela, analysts say, creating a significant wild card in what ranks among the largest debt restructurings in history. Following Washington’s abduction in January of Venezuela’s then president, Nicolas Maduro, Caracas is set to reveal a US$240 billion debt pile, according to a Financial Times report on Wednesday. The disclosure, expected in the coming weeks, rivals the €200 billion...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJun 22China signals openness to Colombia’s Trump-backed president-elect despite US tiltBeijing congratulated Colombia on its presidential run-off and said it would work with the incoming government of Abelardo de la Espriella, the far-right lawyer who has promised to pull the country back towards the United States. Foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun made the remarks on Monday, a day after a preliminary count put de la Espriella narrowly ahead of his leftist rival, Senator Ivan Cepeda. “China … congratulates Colombia on the smooth second round of presidential elections,” he...South China Morning Post
POLITICSJun 22China dice estar lista para trabajar con el nuevo Gobierno de Abelardo de la Espriella y preservar la alianza con ColombiaAunque el actual gobierno formalizó su adhesión a la iniciativa china de la Franja y la Ruta, de la Espriella buscará fortalecer los vínculos EE. UU.El Tiempo