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23 August, 2024
A protest against Donald Trump at the Monument to the Martyrs of the 1964 demonstration against US sovereignty over the Panama Canal, is held in Panama City on December 31 as the country marks the 25th anniversary of the US handover of the canal. Photo: AFP
United States

Opinion | On the Panama Canal, Donald Trump has much to learn from Jimmy Carter

Carter’s restrained statesmanship at the height of US dominance stands in contrast to Trump’s bellicose rhetoric as his country’s influence declines.

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Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration

Trump goes light on China on Day 1, except where Panama Canal is concerned

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Science

Chinese sweat and blood – not soldiers – have left their mark on Panama Canal

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Arrest ordered for Bolivian ex-president Morales on human-trafficking charges

The former leader, who is accused of having a child with a minor, says the allegations are meant to torpedo his bid for a political comeback.

Former Bolivian president Evo Morales greets supporters during an event at the Chimore stadium in December. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-Cuba relations

Cuba to free over 550 prisoners after removal from US terror list

US President Joe Biden’s Cuba decision faces an uncertain future with Donald Trump returning to the White House next week.

Venezuela

Venezuela’s Maduro sworn in as opponents decry ‘coup’ and US raises bounty

The US and UK issued a bevy of sanctions on Maduro’s regime, with US Secretary of State Blinken slamming the inauguration as ‘illegitimate’.

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Venezuela

Venezuela opposition leader ‘kidnapped’ then freed after anti-Maduro protest

Security forces ‘violently intercepted’ her convoy, Machado’s team said, but the authorities denied she had been detained.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters in Caracas. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump

Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda shifts towards imperialist rhetoric

Trump’s rhetoric, reminiscent of 19th-century colonialism, has alarmed allies and emboldened adversaries, raising concerns about the potential for conflict.

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Art

Who needs Art Basel? Town in rural Uruguay a magnet for world’s artists

Pueblo Garzon, an old mill town, drew 6,000 visitors to its eighth Campo Artfest. For one resident artist, the festival beats Art Basel.

Donald Trump

Mexico’s president trolls Trump, suggests US be renamed ‘Mexican America’

Claudia Sheinbaum was responding to the US president-elect’s proposal to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America instead.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
TikTok

TikTok expands e-commerce operation into Mexico amid potential US ban

TikTok Shop’s geographic expansion south of the United States shows it is undeterred by Washington’s ‘sell-or-ban’ law.

TikTok Shop enables various brands and online merchants to showcase and sell their products directly via popular short video app TikTok. Photo: Shutterstock
Venezuela

Exiled Venezuelan opposition leader to speak with Biden, visit US

Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia fled his country after a tumultuous election and subsequent police crackdown.

Fame and celebrity

Man arrested for supplying drugs to One Direction singer Liam Payne

Braian Paiz, accused of having supplied cocaine to Payne, is one of 5 people indicted over death of the 31-year-old former British pop star in October.

Panama

Panama marks canal handover anniversary in shadow of Trump threat

The 25th anniversary comes two days after the death of Jimmy Carter, who signed treaties that led to the waterway’s eventual transfer.

The Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon, Panama. File photo: AP
Human rights

Argentine judge orders arrest of Nicaragua’s Ortega over human rights violations

Crimes Daniel Ortega and vice-president wife are accused of include murder, forced disappearances and torture.

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice-President Rosario Murillo. File photo: AP
TikTok

Venezuela court fines TikTok US$10 million over viral challenge deaths

Authorities in Venezuela say three adolescents died from intoxication by chemical substances.

US-China relations

Trump’s pick of Rubio as top US diplomat leaves Latin America bracing

Long-time outspoken China critic raises concerns in region he might press governments to choose sides between Washington and Beijing.

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Brazil

Brazil police investigating after 3 die in suspected Christmas cake poisoning

Local media said ex-husband of woman who made cake died ‘of foodborne illness’ in September and police have ordered exhumation of his body.

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Three women have died after eating Christmas cake thought to be poisoned, in Torres, Brazil. Photo: iStckphoto

US tourists in Panama dismiss Trump’s canal claims

The tourists believe Trump is only posturing as a business tactic, as he claims American ships are charged ‘unfair’ fees crossing the canal.

Crime

Suriname rules out state funeral for ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse

Bouterse, who evaded justice for 1982 execution of political opponents, died with in-absentia convictions for cocaine trafficking and murder.

Panama

‘Canal is Panamanian’: president rebuffs Trump, denies Chinese interference

President Mulino said the ‘canal is Panamanian and there’s no possibility of opening any kind of conversation around this reality’.

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Demonstrators protest outside the US embassy in Panama City on December 24. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Brazil says ‘enslaved’ Chinese workers at BYD site victims of human trafficking

BYD and its contractor Jinjiang have agreed to house the 163 labourers in hotels until a deal to end their contracts is reached.

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BYD’s new electric vehicle factory’s construction site in Camacari, Brazil. Photo: Reuters
Obituaries

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

The former leader was convicted of executing political opponents but refused to turn himself in and lived out his life in hiding.

Donald Trump

‘It’s hard to tell’: is Trump serious about Greenland, Panama Canal?

Experts say US president-elect’s rhetoric could be a ‘message’ for China, which has increased its influence in Latin America and the Arctic.

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Brazil

Small plane crashes in Brazil tourist city, killing at least 10

Plane was piloted by Luiz Claudio Galeazzi, a Brazilian businessman who was travelling with his family.

Firefighters and other rescue teams at the scene of the plane crash. Photo: : Mateus Bruxel, Agência RBS via AFP
Brazil

Death toll in Brazil bus crash rises to 41

The bus was hit by a large block of granite that apparently fell from a truck travelling in the opposite direction.

A crane works on the site of a crash in Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais state in Brazil. Photo: AFP/Minas Gerais Fire Department
Donald Trump

Letters | Why Trump 2.0 shows dangerous signs of failing

Readers discuss the trouble with leaders who value loyalty over ability, the problem facing successful Asian countries, and economic fate.

Brazil

Brazil’s Lula discharged from hospital after emergency head surgery

President Lula wore a fedora-style hat that covered signs of operations related to a fall he took at his home.

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