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Chile’s new President Kast to signal swift alignment with Trump

11-03-2026 14:21 Kast’s new administration plans to sign broad agreements with the United States to boost cooperation on critical minerals and security matters.

GEOPOLITICS

Trump’s Latin American allies face a dilemma over China, Iran war

06-03-2026 13:11 Donald Trump is gathering his top allies from Latin America at a moment when a new US military conflict is putting even his best friends in the region under newfound pressure.

ANALYSIS

Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit

23-02-2026 17:35 Chile for decades finessed the geopolitical rivalry between China, its top trading partner, and the US, its leading foreign investor. Those days seem to be over.

PRESIDENT ON TOUR

Milei travels to US for Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ meeting

18-02-2026 17:47 President will attend the first edition of new Trump-led council that aims to resolve conflict in the Middle East.

GEOPOLITICS

Latin America rides out Trump’s trade storm with help from China

22-01-2026 00:31 At a time when regions like Europe are grappling with Trump’s renewed tariff threats, Latin America is heading into 2026 even better positioned to withstand any trade shocks from Washington.

ANALYSIS

Chile follows Latin American neighbours in lurching right

16-12-2025 07:49 Leftist leaders have not won a single presidential election in Latin America this year as voters opt for change.

ECONOMY

Milton Friedman’s last Chicago Boy has warning for Javier Milei

03-11-2025 13:46 Rolf Lüders, one of the last of the original Chicago Boys, has a warning for President Javier Milei.

REGIONAL TENSIONS

Latin American nations concerned by US-Venezuela tension

04-09-2025 16:04 Washington ramps up regional crime fight; Trump confirms Washington killed 11 “terrorists” when it took down a boat allegedly carrying drugs into international waters.

TRADE WARS

Trump attempting to be an ‘emperor,’ says Chile's Boric

02-04-2025 15:19 Chilean President says that at Trump’s inauguration, billionaires and tech gurus were “paying homage to someone who seems to pretend to be a new emperor.”

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina joins 10 other nations in rejecting Maduro vote certification

23-08-2024 12:58 Argentina, along with the United States and nine Latin American countries, issues statement rejecting the Venezuela Supreme Court's certification of President Nicolás Maduro's July 28 re-election.