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We 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”, after Washington announced new tariffs on Brazilian goods.
Read the full story here.
2. ‘Venezuela is our home’: Chinese Venezuelans rally after earthquakes

For generations, Chinese migrants have built businesses in Venezuela. After the country’s deadliest earthquake in decades – which occurred in late June and killed nearly 1,500 people, injured more than 3,100 and displaced over 12,700 – they responded not as outsiders but as Venezuelans.
Read the full story here.
3. EU pitches Brazil a ‘more beneficial’ rare earths deal than US or China

The EU offered Brazil a “more beneficial” partnership on critical minerals than the United States or China, promising investment in domestic refining and technology as Brussels worked to cut its dependence on Chinese supply chains.
Read the full story here.
4. US targets Cuba mining sector to block use of China-linked supply chains

The Trump administration expanded its sanctions campaign against Cuba, targeting a state-owned mining company and other key economic entities as Washington sought to build alternative supply chains for critical minerals and reduce reliance on geopolitical rivals.
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5. China extends hand to Colombia’s Trump-backed president-elect

Beijing 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.
Read the full story here.
6. Argentina edges back to China on currency swap despite US pressure

Argentina’s top central banker sat down with his Chinese counterpart in Shanghai, a quiet overture towards Beijing months after Buenos Aires moved to unwind a currency lifeline that Washington had pushed it to abandon.
Read the full story here.
7. Latin America and Europe are bystanders in the US-China AI race: Lula adviser

The race for artificial intelligence has hardened into a two-power contest between the United States and China, fought over rare earths, data and the rules governing the technology, with Latin America and Europe sidelined, according to Brazil’s top foreign policy adviser, Celso Amorim.
Read the full story here.


Beijing threatens ‘serious consequences’ after Panama lawmakers support Taiwan

J.D. Vance group courted Brazil’s Flavio Bolsonaro over anti-China rare earth deal: report

China rebuts top US diplomat Marco Rubio over ‘Communist Party-backed projects’ in Peru

Brazil scraps tax on small parcels as Chinese platforms lose US and EU access

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Aftermath of Venezuela’s earthquake, China-Colombia ties: 7 Latin America relations reads

A Brazilian rescuer works in the aftermath of earthquakes in Venezuela. Photo: Reuters

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China-Cuba ‘US security threat’, Brazil’s rare earths: Latin America relations reads

Students from military schools take part in an “anti-imperialist” protest against the American incursion in Venezuela, in front of the US Embassy  in Havana in January. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS

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Beijing backs Cuba, Brazil slams BYD slave labour conditions: Latin America relations reads

People walk past a mural with the Cuban flag in Havana, Cuba, on April 15. Photo: EPA

US threats for new Chile leader, China tariff on Mexico: 7 Latin America relations reads

Chile’s President Jose Antonio Kast greets supporters. Photo: AFP

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Panama anger, China-linked crime, ousted Peru president: 7 Latin America relations reads

In February, Peru ousted President Jose Jeri over alleged secret meetings with a Chinese firm. Photo: AFP

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From Argentina’s move towards Beijing to Lula’s beef deal, here are highlights from the SCMP’s foreign correspondents in June 2026


From Argentina’s move towards Beijing to Lula’s beef deal, here are highlights from the SCMP’s foreign correspondents in June 2026.


Aftermath of Venezuela’s earthquake, China-Colombia ties: 7 Latin America relations reads

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Argentina’s move towards Beijing to Lula’s beef deal, here are highlights from the SCMP’s foreign correspondents in June 2026

1. ‘I will sell to someone else’: Brazil’s Lula hits back at US after China beef win

2. ‘Venezuela is our home’: Chinese Venezuelans rally after earthquakes

From Argentina’s move towards Beijing to Lula’s beef deal, here are highlights from the SCMP’s foreign correspondents in June 2026