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China rails at Biden intelligence probe into virus origins

27-05-2021 12:16 China hit out at the "dark history" of the US intelligence community Thursday, after US President Joe Biden ordered a probe into the Covid-19 origins which threatens to set the course for relations between world's top economies.

Colombia president appeals to football body over Copa América axing

22-05-2021 09:44 Iván Duque on Friday appealed to CONMEBOL over its decision to bar the country from hosting the Copa América tournament after social unrest swept the nation.

Copper bonanza challenge for top producer Chile

04-05-2021 09:00 As the global economy starts to shake off the impacts of the Covid-19 epidemic and makers of electric cars and renewable energy systems clamour for copper, Chile stands to gain handsomely. But political uncertainties in the South American nation have some worried.

United States set to embark on campaign of ‘vaccine diplomacy’

24-04-2021 01:38 US President Joe Biden will launch a campaign to share its stock of Covid-19 vaccines "as soon as possible," to prevent China and Russia from hogging the field in Latin America.

by Leandro Dario

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

03-04-2021 07:49 Scottish historian, professor and brilliant polemicist Niall Ferguson on the coronavirus pandemic, the global economic outlook and the causes of Argentina’s economic failure.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

It’s still ‘America first’ on vaccines as Russia, China fill gap

12-03-2021 12:57 Throughout the developing world, countries like Argentina have been squeezed out by richer nations in the race to secure vaccines produced by Western companies such as Pfizer and Moderna. Across most of Africa and large swathes of Latin America, south Asia and southeast Asia, little or no vaccine has been distributed.

Argentina surpasses two million Covid-19 cases, 50,000 deaths

13-02-2021 08:55 Eleven months on from confirmation of the first case in the country, officials said Wednesday that more than two million people have tested positive for Covid-19.

Here we go again

13-02-2021 08:47 Meaningful reform will remain on the backburner until the votes have been counted.

by James Neilson

Biden’s three priorities for South America

23-01-2021 08:39 Newly inaugurated US president’s foreign policy will have three main fronts in South America: environmental protection, the crisis in Venezuela and countering the growing influence of China. Negotiations with the International Monetary Fund will be the first bilateral test for Alberto Fernández.

by Leandro Dario

The United States’ credibility has been stormed

09-01-2021 08:58 The images from Washington are enough to do the work of many thousands of words for the world’s propagandists.

Trump will be gone, but trauma of 2020 may haunt Biden

26-12-2020 10:06 Even with Donald Trump gone and Joe Biden promising to heal the nation there'll be no quick return to normal in 2021.

Anne-Marie Slaughter: ‘Climate is clearly Biden’s top priority.

26-12-2020 09:55 Former director of policy planning in the US State Department Anne-Marie Slaughter discusses the likely foreign policy approach of the incoming Biden administration.

by Leandro Dario

China’s state grid makes a US$3-billion push into Latin America

13-11-2020 13:53 State Grid Corp of China will pay 2.57 billion euros for an electricity network company in Chile, its first overseas deal in almost a year and a move that resumes its expansion abroad.

Latin America watches on as United States heads to the polls

31-10-2020 10:36 With the region facing unprecedented economic and health concerns, as well as the issue of China’s increasing presence, Tuesday’s election could set the tone for the next phase of US-Latin America relations.

by Jennifer Heiman & Anina Hoffman

Nearly 40 nations criticise China's human rights policies

07-10-2020 01:39 Nearly 40 mainly Western countries criticised China’s treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, on Tuesday and expressed grave concern at the impact of its new national security law on human rights in Hong Kong.

Felipe Solá: Argentina won’t stop or reject EU-Mercosur trade deal

01-10-2020 19:59 Foreign minister says country has “changed stance” on free-trade agreement and will debate it in Congress when concerns over environmental

by Fermin Koop

Chinese Ambassador: Alberto Fernández has ‘boosted ties’ with Beijing

22-08-2020 08:58 Interview with Zou Xiaoli, the official representative of the People's Republic of China in Argentina.

by Juan Luis González

Joseph Nye: ‘Trump is the United States’ biggest problem’

22-08-2020 08:51 Harvard professor, ranked by one survey as the most influential international scholar in the world, says that Donald Trump is more of a threat to the United States than Beijing.

by Leandro Dario

Culture matters more than computers

08-08-2020 09:51 The technology that provides people with the equivalent of dozens of huge libraries is certainly marvellous, but only those who have already been fairly well educated are able to benefit from having the accumulated wisdom of humankind there at their fingertips.

by James Neilson

China and Argentina resume joint venture for space exploration

08-08-2020 08:39 China and Argentina have resumed plans to work together on outer space exploration in a sign of the Asian nation’s growing influence in the administration of President Alberto Fernández.