LATAM Archives

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio greets employees upon arrival at the State Department on January 21, 2025

World

On first trip, Rubio to wield big stick in Latin America

Traditionally, when US secretaries of state make their international debuts, they travel to major US allies and offer bromides about working together. Marco Rubio’s...

AFPJanuary 30, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to employees upon arrival at the State Department on January 21, 2025

World

Rubio chooses Central America for first trip amid Panama Canal pressure

Marco Rubio will pay his first trip as US secretary of state to Central American nations including Panama, where President Donald Trump has threatened...

AFPJanuary 23, 2025

Cuban president Fidel Castro (L) calls for time as former US president Jimmy Carter (R) prepares to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in a baseball game in May 2002 in Havana

World

‘Democracy and freedom’: Jimmy Carter’s human rights efforts in Latin America

With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key...

AFPDecember 29, 2024

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will meet leaders of South America's Mercosur bloc to try to finalize a trade deal

World

EU chief meeting South American leaders to try to close trade deal

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet leaders of South America’s Mercosur bloc on Friday, aiming to push through a controversial pact...

AFPDecember 6, 2024

Brazil's left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country dominates Mercosur, is pushing for the deal to be finalized

World

South America summit hopes to seal ‘historic’ trade deal with EU

Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay are hoping to announce a blockbuster trade deal with the European Union at a regional summit Friday after a...

AFPDecember 4, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are on opposing sides when it comes to the EU-Mercosur trade pact

Business

Brussels, not Paris, will decide EU-Mercosur trade deal: Lula

France does not get to decide whether a free trade deal between the EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc goes ahead — only Brussels...

AFPNovember 27, 2024

Farmers blockade the A9 motorway, a crucial trade route between Spain and the rest of Europe, at Le Boulou

Business

French farmers threaten ‘chaos’ over proposed EU-Mercosur deal

French farmers stepped up their protests Tuesday against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries, blocking a key...

AFPNovember 19, 2024

French farmers staged more than 80 separate protests on Monday

World

French farmers step up protests against EU-Mercosur deal

French farmers planned on Tuesday to step up their protests against a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries,...

AFPNovember 19, 2024