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China-Latin America relations

China-Latin America relations
News, features and updates on Beijing's relations with various Latin American nations, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and more.
US President Donald Trump unveiled a new national security blueprint on Friday, prioritising US dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Photo: EPA
Mexico

Trump’s national security blueprint aims to combat China’s rise in Latin America

Framework pledges to stop competitors from threatening the stability and political alignment of neighbouring countries in the region.

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China exports

Why China sees Brazil as ‘last untapped blue ocean market’ for investment boom

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Venezuela

China says it is working ‘with all parties’ to prevent escalation in Venezuela

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Venezuela

China unlikely to aid Maduro if US acts, but may benefit from fallout: analysts

Beijing condemns US pressure on Caracas but offers limited support, prioritising its economic interests and long-term gains.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Moscow on the sidelines of the celebration marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Soviet Union’s Great Patriotic War in May. Photo: Xinhua
The Netherlands

Trump seizes on China ‘ban’ in Brazil soy trade, but data shows US gains small

China halted imports of soybeans from five Brazil-based exporters after pesticide-treated wheat was found mixed into cargo bound for Beijing.

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Brazil

China halts soy imports from Brazil plants, pivots to US amid food safety probe

China’s ban follows detection of pesticide-treated wheat in soy cargo as Beijing ramps up US farm purchases after trade talks.

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Colombia

Xi Jinping pledges support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Chinese president urges respect for Venezuela’s sovereignty, warns against foreign interference as US ramps up regional military activity.

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in September 2023. Maduro received the full support of Xi in a letter celebrating the Venezuelan leader’s birthday at the weekend. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

Brazil approves China’s naval visit while US research ship plans call nearby

Clearance ends months of internal debate as both powers expand naval activity in South America.

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Venezuela

China’s military mouthpiece hits out at US ‘gunboat diplomacy’ over Venezuela

Commentary in PLA Daily says Washington’s military build-up in the Caribbean is ‘trying to promote regime change’.

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Mainland China

Brazil ends 60-year ordeal of tortured Chinese detainees during military regime

Court voids dictatorship-era convictions of nine Chinese citizens, easing a long diplomatic strain and clearing the last surviving defendant.

Lawyer Sobral Pinto defending the nine Chinese nationals who were convicted, tortured and expelled from Brazil in 1964. Photo: handout
Venezuela

Colombia pushes for talks – to include China – over US military action in region

Petro steps up rhetoric as biggest US aircraft carrier backs an anti-drug operation near Venezuela; the latest strikes face legal questions.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called for a high-level security meeting with the United States, China and regional partners to discuss the growing tension in the region. Photo: AFP
China trade

Mexico finds Chinese rubber dumping, moves to impose permanent duty

Mexico says a surge of underpriced Chinese rubber weakened its lone producer as shifting trade flows fuel new frictions with Beijing.

Brazil

China refuses to back Brazil’s crucial rainforest fund

Beijing says wealthy countries should shoulder more responsibility as Lula prepares personal appeal to Xi at the G20 summit in South Africa.

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Brazil

Cop30: China to join coalition seeking shared rules for carbon trading

New alliance, which also includes the EU and UK, was created to align standards globally and help countries trade carbon credits more easily.

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The Wujing Power Station in Shanghai. China is set to join a coalition seeking shared rules for carbon trading at Cop30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: AFP
Brazil

China joins support for Brazil’s Forest Fund but delays financial commitment

Brazil’s finance chief urges patience, saying Beijing wants a role in designing the new fund before pledging money.

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Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang (left) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met on Wednesday in Belem, Brazil. Photo: AFP
Brazil

Brazil’s Lula opens Cop30 demanding courage – and cash – to save the planet

Chinese Vice-Premier Ding urges nations to honour Paris pledges with fairness and justice, calling for global climate action.

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Climate change diplomacy

Brazil pushes China for stronger climate commitments in run-up to Cop30

Brasilia is hoping that Beijing can fill the leadership void left after the US abandoned the Paris Agreement.

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SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | China praises Brazil’s forest fund but holds back on cash

As Cop30 begins, Brazilian official says Lula ’would be delighted’ to have China on initiative’s board as an investing country.

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Tropical rainforest vegetation in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Photo: Xinhua
US-China trade war

Brazil shrugs off US-China soybean deal as seasonal trade

Farmers say Beijing’s renewed US buys won’t upend Brazil’s exports, but tight credit and dry weather cloud outlook.

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US-China relations

China says US visa threats to Central America show ‘lack of basic respect’

Washington has threatened entry curbs on officials and others from the region seen as ‘acting on behalf’ of the Communist Party of China.

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Donald Trump

Trump says could cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses midterms

The US president’s administration has promised US$20 billion to prop up the Latin American country’s struggling economy.

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US President Donald Trump welcomes Argentina’s President Javier Milei at the White House on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Will China be a lower US defence priority? A new strategy report will soon tell

The Pentagon is preparing a National Defence Strategy that might point to a change in American tack.

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The US Navy has embarked on a large-scale modernisation of the Joint Base Pearl Harbour-Hickam. Photo: US Navy
Brazil

China envoy vows deeper Brazil ties, denounces US ‘jungle’ law in tariff showdown

Ambassador slams ‘some major powers, obsessed with power supremacy’, and calls Beijing’s ties with Brazil ‘a model for the Global South’.

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Mainland China

Will Peru’s Chancay Port be the next ‘Panama moment’ for China?

The Chinese-invested facility is a flagship belt and road project in Latin America, a region the US sees as its backyard.

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Americas and the Caribbean

US launches US$20b financial lifeline for Argentina, buys pesos in rare move

US helps prop up Argentina’s faltering finances, and boost political ally President Javier Milei for midterm elections.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei during a meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York in September. Photo: Reuters
BYD

BYD opens massive Brazil plant, its biggest investment outside Asia

Built on a former Ford site, BYD’s Bahia plant is expected to create 20,000 jobs and cement its 74 per cent share of Brazil’s EV market.

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BYD founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the BYD opening ceremony on Thursday. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Argentina tightens sorghum rules to boost China trade, risking new clash with US

Buenos Aires updates grain standards to meet Chinese demand, shifting exports from once-dominant US suppliers.

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US-China relations

China joining South American bloc boosts AI and EV industries: analysts

Observer status in the Andean Community is expected to help Beijing deepen ‘its strategic presence in the Global South’ amid Trump’s tariffs.

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