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France, Chile, La Moneda Presidential Palace, Santiago

Macron praises EU-Chile trade agreement on Latin America tour

Yesterday 20:53 French President Emmanuel Macron visits Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric in Santiago on the last leg of a Latin America tour.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Italy recognises Venezuelan opposition candidate as 'president-elect'

Yesterday 20:42 From Buenos Aires, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni formally recognises Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the president-elect of troubled nation, following in footsteps of the United States.

Javier Milei during the first day of the G-20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 18.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Rio chaos shows world untethered even before Trump’s return

Yesterday 16:08 The G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro highlighted growing fractures in global diplomacy, as disagreements over issues like Ukraine and the Middle East dominated the agenda, and tensions rose over the role of the West in international affairs.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Argentina's President Javier Milei embrace each other after a joint statement at Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires on November 20, 2024.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei calls for ‘alliance of free nations’ as he hosts Meloni

Yesterday 15:06 Javier Milei voices his intention to create a new multilateral grouping of right-wing nations as he hosts Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; President uses press conference to criticise the “woke virus” he claims is infecting the West.

China's President Xi Jinping receives military honors next to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

SINO-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS

Xi, Lula meet in Brasília to 'enhance' diplomatic ties

Yesterday 10:52 Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Brazil to strengthen ties with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, focusing on enhancing trade relations, aligning development strategies, and marking 50 years of diplomatic relations.

by Ramon Sahmkow, AFP

Argentina's forward #22 Lautaro Martinez celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Peru at the La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Argentina beat Peru in Buenos Aires as Uruguay hold Brazil

Yesterday 10:40 Argentina secured a 1-0 win over Peru with a stunning Lautaro Martínez volley to remain top of the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying standings going into the New Year.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on during the second session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro

Remnants of a coup - Brazil

Brazil arrests four soldiers over alleged 2022 Lula assassination plot

19-11-2024 14:29 Brazilian police arrest four soldiers and a police officer working at G20 summit, for allegedly plotting a coup in 2022 to prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office.

Farmers used a truck to dump used materials during a farmers protest in front of the prefecture in Agen on November 19, 2024 as part of a nationwide movement against the EU-Mercosur agreement.

EU-Mercosur Deal

French farmers threaten 'chaos' over proposed EU-Mercosur deal

19-11-2024 13:19 Farmers protest against the free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Latin American countries of Mercosur, with Paris leading the resistance against ratification of the proposed deal.

Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, during a campaign event with former US President Donald Trump,

GEOPOLITICS

US likely to increase focus on LatAm with Rubio as top diplomat

19-11-2024 12:27 Marco Rubio's appointment as the United States' top diplomat has raised expectations that Washington will place greater emphasis on Latin America moving forward.

Leaders attending the launch of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty pose for a group photo after the first session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Where was Biden? G20 photo shows him out of the picture

18-11-2024 20:11 Biden, Trudeau and Meloni miss ‘family photo’ at G20 summit; US said photo was taken early, organisers said Biden was late.

Argentina's President Javier MIlei looks on during the second session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei voices dissent as Argentina rejects parts of G20 draft final declaration

18-11-2024 18:35 President Javier Milei issues a statement voicing harsh criticism of G20 and dissent with parts of G20 summit’s final communiqué.

Handout picture released by the Brazilian Presidency showing Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Brazil's First Lady Rosangela ‘Janja’ da Silva posing for a picture with Argentina's President Javier Milei and his sister, Argentina's Presidential Chief-of-Staff Karina Milei, before the launch of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty and the first session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

‘Gesture of goodwill’ – Milei gives way to Lula on anti-hunger alliance

18-11-2024 17:36 Argentina’s government finally signs up to Lula’s global anti-hunger initiative, launched at the G20 summit in Rio. Is Milei’s gesture of goodwill to his Brazilian counterpart a first step towards rebuilding relations?

ENERGY & GAS

Brazil makes progress on plan to import Argentine natural gas

18-11-2024 16:55 Brazil is moving forward with plans to import natural gas from Vaca Muerta formation in a sign that bilateral business deals can overcome a complicated political relationship.

President Javier Milei arrives in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the G20 Leaders Summit.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Argentina snubs G20 summit launch of Brazil's global anti-hunger alliance

18-11-2024 11:05 Argentina the only G20 country not to sign up to a global anti-hunger initiative set to be launched at the opening of leaders summit in Brazil.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei is gleefully playing the role of spoiler at Lula’s G20

18-11-2024 10:11 On the orders of President Javier Milei, Argentine diplomats have thrown a wrench into last-minute talks meant to reach consensus on the communiqué world leaders are set to sign at the G20 summit in Brazil.

FRENCH PRESIDENT IN SPOTLIGHT

Macron left powerless by EU trade push with French farmers up in arms

16-11-2024 09:45 Embattled French leader Emmanuel Macron’s year from hell could get worse yet.

Latin America

Argentine justice system orders arrest of 61 Brazilians for 2023 coup

15-11-2024 21:28 Argentina's justice system has ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilians in the country who are facing prison sentences at home related to last year's coup attempt in Brasília.

Supporters of Argentina's former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner await her arrival outside the Instituto Patria in Buenos Aires on November 13, 2024.

The Week in Review

Stories that caught our eye: November 8 to 15

15-11-2024 16:56 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

A man on a bicycle rides past grafitti made by Brazilian artist Kobra at the port zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 6, 2024. The G20 Social Summit will take place at the port zone of Rio de Janeiro between November 14 and 16, 2024, on the eve of the G20 Leaders' Summit.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Leftist voices seek to be heard at Rio's G20 summit

15-11-2024 14:23 Left-wing activists hope to make their voices heard at the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit in Brazil.

A G20 Summit banner is displayed at the City Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 12, 2024. rThe G20 Leaders' Summit will take place in Rio de Janeiro between November 18 and 19, 2024.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

The G20: Tackling economic issues in a turbulent world

15-11-2024 14:14 The G20 is the main forum for economic and financial cooperation – areas increasingly tested by today's shifting geopolitics.

General view of the Modern Art Museum (MAM) where the G20 Summit will take place in November 18 and 19, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 14, 2024.

G20 SUMMIT IN BRAZIL

Wars, looming Trump reign set to dominate G20 summit

15-11-2024 14:07 World leaders gather in Brazil on Monday for a G20 summit set to be dominated by differences over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine – and the incoming Donald Trump administration in the United States.

Paraguay's defender Omar Alderete celebrates after scoring during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Paraguay and Argentina at the Ueno Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asunción on November 14, 2024.

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Argentina fall to defeat in Paraguay

15-11-2024 10:20 Argentina slump to a 2-1 defeat to Paraguay in Asunción, failing to capitalise on Lautaro Martínez's opener.

Buenos Aires Province Police arrested Joelton Gusmão de Oliveira in La Plata. He is charged in Brazil with ‘violent abolition of the democratic rule of law’ and other crimes in the context of the riots of January 2, 2023, in Brasília.

COURTS

Police in Argentina arrest man over Brazil coup attempt

15-11-2024 10:00 Police in La Plata arrest man wanted over attempted coup in Brazil last year.

WORLD

Sombre swan song for Biden in South America

14-11-2024 20:41 President Joe Biden embarked on a sombre farewell tour of South America Thursday, a trip overshadowed by Donald Trump's US election win.

LATAM

Hunger in G20 host Brazil is Lula's unfinished fight

14-11-2024 19:32 Left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will call for "Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty" at the G20 summit in Rio.

Body of man who died in front of Brazilian Supreme Court

EXPLOSIONS IN BRASÍLIA

Brazil investigating Supreme Court bomb attack as 'terrorist act'

14-11-2024 14:06 Blast which were set off outside of the Brazilian supreme court are now being investigated by security authorities as a potential terrorist act.

Flag of the Confederation Paysanne union and a puppet hanging with a placard reading "killed by European policies" during a protest against the EU-Mercosur trade deal

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

France says seeking to block EU-Mercosur pact by 'all means'

14-11-2024 13:41 European farmers protest against free-trade agreement with Mercosur bloc. French government attempt to block adoption of trade pact between EU and four South American countries.

French Minister for Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention Agnes Pannier-Runacher leaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris, on October 1, 2024.

ENVIRONMENT

COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

14-11-2024 13:18 Host Azerbaijan tries to lower tensions after top French minister cancels trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdraws delegation.

President Lula Speaks To The Foreign Press

Trade tensions

Lula’s embrace of Xi sets up a clash over Trump’s China policy

14-11-2024 12:37 Brazil’s President Lula is advancing a strategic partnership with China, pursuing infrastructure projects to boost Brazil’s economic ties with Asia, despite the risks of upsetting their other largest trade partner: the United States.

Fast fashion

Buy now, pay later: Latin America pressured by Chinese online shops

14-11-2024 07:37 Chinese ultra-fast fashion platforms like Shein and Temu have made it Latin America. As Chinese commercial influence grows in the region, governments are implementing tax measures to protect domestic markets.

Michel Barnier says Mercosur trade deal will not be signed

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Blocking and Bargaining: France and farmers fight EU-Mercosur trade deal

13-11-2024 15:35 The EU-Mercosur trade deal, which would create the world’s largest free trade zone, is nearing potential ratification after 25 years of negotiation, despite fierce opposition from France and European farmers.

Hector Sanchez (R) and Edison Flores, who received organ transplants, pose with the Transplant Football World Cup trophy during a training session with of the Chilean transplanted football team in Santiago

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Chile's 'transplant' footballers champion organ donation

13-11-2024 10:46 Twenty transplant recipients, most of them kidney organ recipients, make up an amateur football team known as the "Chilean Transplant Team."

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

New push for EU-South America trade deal despite French fury

13-11-2024 10:24 European Union and Mercosur blocs are reviving efforts to finalise an agreement by year’s end, aiming to create the largest free-trade zone globally. European leaders are pushing for swift progress, but France's resistance is becoming more vocal.

Immigration authorities expect large flows of immigrants from the slowing Bolivian economy.

Political crisis in Bolivia

Peru braces for Bolivian migration wave amid turmoil

12-11-2024 11:25 Peru, along with other Latin American nations, are cautiously monitoring economic and political instability in Bolivia.

International relations

Biden to travel to South America for APEC, G20 summits

11-11-2024 15:35 US President Joe Biden will travel to Brazil for the G20 summit, and will meet with various leaders regarding environmental issues, economic growth, and more.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Trump, Macron, G20, Meloni – Milei's coming international commitments

11-11-2024 14:44 Foreign policy and international diplomacy are set to dominate the next two weeks of Javier Milei’s agenda; President will travel to United States for CPAC event, meet Macron and Meloni in Buenos Aires and attend the G20 Summit in Rio.

The 64th meeting of presidents from the Mercosur regional trade bloc takes place in Asunción, Paraguay.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

France: EU-Mercosur deal will not be signed at G20 in Brazil

11-11-2024 14:06 France says the EU-Mercosur free-trade deal “will not be signed” at next week’s G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

A G20 Summit banner is seen at the Brazil Avenue, north zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 7, 2024.

International relations

Argentina refuses to sign G20 statement on AI regulation

11-11-2024 13:04 Argentina the only G20 nation not to sign up to statement calling for "transparent" and "ethical" regulation of Artificial Intelligence.

The logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.

ENVIRONMENT

Paris climate agreement goals 'in great peril,' warns UN meteorologist

11-11-2024 12:11 Paris climate agreement’s goals are in danger, warns top meteorologist Celeste Saulo; Rapidly rising temperatures are placing the planet in danger, wreaking havoc on communities and economies around the world, warns UN agency.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

France seeks to rope in Poland to block EU-Mercosur free-trade deal

08-11-2024 19:40 France is hoping to persuade Poland into joining forces to block a sweeping trade deal between the European Union and Latin America’s Mercosur bloc.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

World leaders pledge to work with Trump as he claims US election win

06-11-2024 07:34 World leaders raced to congratulate Donald Trump as he claimed a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris, while financial markets also rose.

Supporters of former Bolivia's former President Evo Morales remain in front of the barracks of the Novena División y Regimiento de Infantería 32, Idelfonso Murguía, in the village of Lauca Ñ, Cochabamba department, Bolivia.

Political crisis in Bolivia

Supporters of Bolivia's ex-leader Morales detain 200 soldiers

04-11-2024 12:40 Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales are holding at least 200 soldiers hostage in Chapare Province, the Foreign Ministry says.

Analysing Argentina

Milei’s magical thinking about a Trump victory

02-11-2024 07:38 Argentina — or Latin America, for that matter — will not be an immediate priority for any incoming US administration, though Milei may leverage his ideological rapport with a potential President Trump.

by Marcelo J. García

EDITORIAL

Another one bites the dust

02-11-2024 06:50 The fiscal and macro-economic stability so obsessively sought by President Milei finds its antithesis in extreme administrative volatility, when political fragmentation could be permitting calmer waters.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

31-10-2024 14:12 Day after sacking of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says "President Milei's position is clear" and that all staff unhappy with Argentina's new direction are free to "withdraw from the government."

LATAM, Immigration Issues, Peruvian, Chilean

POLLS & SURVEYS

Chile overwhelmingly scorns immigration, poll shows

31-10-2024 10:43 Chileans are demanding stricter immigration controls much more than neighbours in other Latin American nations, according to a new poll, as an influx of newcomers upends politics in one of the region’s richest economies.

Italian farmers gather with their tractors during a protest in Cuneo, Piedmont, on January 31, 2023.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Delayed, stalled... but is EU-Mercosur free-trade deal imminent?

30-10-2024 19:58 Rumours are growing that the long-stalled, much-awaited free-trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur could be announced before the end of the year, perhaps even at next month's G20 summit in Brazil.

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei sacks foreign minister after Cuba embargo vote

30-10-2024 18:11 President Javier Milei sacks Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for backing a UN vote condemning the United States' six-decade trade embargo of Cuba.

LATAM, State of the Union, Government, Politics, South American, Chilean, Chile Government, Latin, Chile, SOTU, Americas

Latin America

Killings and prison torture raise alarms over gang crime in Chile

30-10-2024 13:45 Murders, violent crime and drug seizures have increased; Chile more than tripled spending since 2022 to meet threat.

ENVIRONMENT

Big guns descend on Cali for final push in UN biodiversity talks

29-10-2024 15:45 Heads of state, ministers and UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Cali Tuesday hoping to add impetus to grinding talks on ways to save nature from human destruction.

This handout picture released by Radio Kawsachun Coca (RKC) shows what it said are bullet impacts on a pickup truck in which former Bolivian President Evo Morales was traveling in Cochabamba, Bolivia, on October 27, 2024.

Political crisis in Bolivia

Bolivia's Evo Morales points finger after shooting attack on vehicle

28-10-2024 12:49 Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said gunmen fired a hail of bullets at his car Sunday as he travelled to a radio interview in the central city of Cochabamba, wounding his driver.

Supporters of parties of the Republican Coalition wave flags as Uruguay's presidential candidate for the Partido Nacional (National Party), Alvaro Delgado (out of frame), speaks during a celebration of the ruling center-right coalition after partial results of the presidential and legislative election were announced, at Plaza Varela Square in Montevideo on October 27, 2024.

Uruguay Elections

Uruguay heads for presidential run-off after Orsi fails to reach 50%

28-10-2024 12:25 Yamandú Orsi and Álvaro Delgado head to run-off after both candidates fail to clear benchmark for win in first round of Uruguay's presidential election.

Murder in Venezuela

Venezuelan opposition activist allegedly 'murdered' in custody, claims party

28-10-2024 11:49 Venezuelan activist Edwin Santos found dead after being abducted and detained by "state security forces," alleges main opposition party. Body found near bridge that had been a large focus of his advocacy.

POLITICS

Karina and Santiago Caputo take over the Foreign Ministry

27-10-2024 16:24 President Javier Milei's top two allies have gradually laid siege to Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, taking up every spot that opened at diplomatic head office.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

French minister talks down rumours of imminent EU-Mercosur trade agreement

25-10-2024 21:03 French Minister for Foreign Trade Sophie Primas has revealed to AFP the possibility of an agreement in the coming weeks

Mining in Argentina - Investment

Millennial mining heirs bet the family business on Argentine copper

25-10-2024 11:14 As demand for clean energy surges, family-owned companies, including those led by the next-generation Lundin family heirs, are taking control of critical mineral resources across the Americas and Europe.

River Plate's head coach Marcelo Gallardo.

COPA LIBERTADORES

River need a miracle after Libertadores humbling

25-10-2024 09:58 Tuesday's disaster in the Estadio Mineirão demonstrated the scale of the task ahead for Marcelo Gallardo.

by Dan Edwards

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU ‘very close to closing’ agreement with Mercosur, says Spain PM

23-10-2024 16:20 The European Union is "very close to closing" the long-delayed free-trade agreement with Mercosur trade bloc, said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

WORLD

Venezuela's Maduro hails 'indestructible ties' with Russia

23-10-2024 15:50 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday hailed "indestructible ties" with Russia during a meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a BRICS summit.

COPA LIBERTADORES

Deyverson double gives Atlético Mineiro upper hand over River Plate

23-10-2024 11:28 Marcelo Gallardo's side slump to disappointing 3-0 defeat in Brazil, leaving River with an unenviable task in next week's second leg at the Monumental.

The Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

REFUGEES

Argentina changes refugee status rules for indicted, convicted

23-10-2024 07:50 President Milei changes existing law so that Argentina will not give refuge status to people accused or convicted of crimes in other countries.

G20 SUMMIT

Milei infuriates G20 by rejecting call for gender equality

22-10-2024 20:59 On Javier Milei’s instruction, Argentine negotiators refuse to sign a statement on female empowerment that had the support of all other G20 nations.

General view of the opening ceremony of the COP16 summit in Cali, Colombia, on October 21, 2024. The world's biggest nature protection conference opened in Colombia

ENVIRONMENT

UN biodiversity summit in Colombia calls for action and finance

21-10-2024 15:04 Delegates from almost 200 countries are gathering this week in Cali, Colombia, for the biennial United Nations summit on biodiversity.

BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS

Leftist leaders are failing their promises across Latin America

21-10-2024 14:20 The changing political landscape in Latin America, highlights the decline of leftist governments due to economic challenges, crime, and social reform failures, and the rise of more business-friendly, right-leaning administrations.

A man works at the Metalcrom metallurgy in Berazategui, Buenos Aires Province.

'Off the record'

Domestic industry leaders fear impact of new import rules, EU-Mercosur deal

21-10-2024 06:29 Domestic business leaders warn lowering of tariffs, though beneficial to some sectors, could put national production at stake.

Geoff Payne (C), the father of One Direction pop singer Liam Payne, arrives to the CasaSur Hotel in Buenos Aires on October 18, 2022.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: October 11 to 18

18-10-2024 20:09 A selection of stories from the last seven days in Argentina.

Pedestrians in dowtown Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.

Crisis in Venezuela

Venezuela election fallout traps migrants in passport limbo

17-10-2024 08:34 Venezeulans living abroad are unable to re-enter the country after Maduro invoked a new rule preventing citizens from entering with an expired passport unless they hold another nationality.

Union leader Karina Sosa campaigns in support of proposed changes to Uruguay’s pension system outside the legislature in Montevideo on Oct. 13

Uruguay election 2024

US$23-billion pension vote overshadows Uruguay’s upcoming election

16-10-2024 11:35 In the middle of Uruguay's presidential election, citizens are battling with a US$23-billion pension vote that would increase minimum payouts, lower the retirement age and transfer privately managed savings to a government-run trust.

Argentina's forward Lautaro Martínez celebrates with Lionel Messi after scoring during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Bolivia at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on October 15, 2024.

WORLD CUP QUALIFERS

Messi shines at Monumental as Albiceleste thrash Bolivia

15-10-2024 22:59 Lionel Messi rolled back the years at the Monumental on Tuesday night, scoring a hat-trick and bagging two assists as Argentina thrashed Bolivia 6-0 in a World Cup qualifier.

In this photo released by Radio Kawsachun Coca (RKC) supporters of Bolivia's former President Evo Morales clash with riot police during a road blockade in Parotani, Bolivia, on October 14, 2024.

Political crisis in Bolivia

Supporters of ex-Bolivia leader Morales block roads over possible arrest

15-10-2024 15:32 Groups of protesters block key roads in Bolivia in response to probable arrest of former president Evo Morales, who is under investigation for the alleged abuse of a minor while in power.