Author: Fundación Andrés Bello

Stori, a Mexican fintech known for its digital credit card, is LatAm’s new unicorn

Stori, a Mexican developer of financial technology products founded in 2018 was the latest investment by Chinese private equity firms Bertelsmann Asia Investments (BAI) and Vision Plus Capital.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry head to visit Uruguay in the middle of a tour of the continent

The Director General of the Department of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cai Wei, has been in constant contact with the Latin American and Caribbean region since early last year with a particular interest in Uruguay.
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INVAP signed an agreement with China to export reactors and produce radioisotopes

The Applied Research Institute in Argentina (INVAP) has signed a cooperation agreement with the companies Jianxi Nuclear Power and Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research & Design Institute, focusing on the export of reactors and the production of radioactive isotopes for medicine.

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Argentina says it has China’s backing to join BRICS group

Within the framework of this meeting, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero and the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Councilor, Wang Yi, had a meeting in which the Chinese official expressed his support for Argentina to join the BRICS group.
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Chinese company buys lithium mines belonging to Argentine mining group for US$ 962 million

Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd recently acquired the Argentinean mining group Lithea for USD $962 million, providing it with the rights to two salt lake brines in Argentina, Pozuelos and Paston Grandes.

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China’s digital breakthrough in Latin America

The pandemic has accelerated the world’s digitalization processes, which has provided China, which has a leading role in these digitalization processes, with a window of opportunity.

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China asks the UN to embargo small arms and send regional forces in response to violence in Haiti

Photo: OAS visit to Haiti (2/3) – 2019. By: Francisco Proner / Farpa/ CIDH. Source: Flickr Violence in Haiti is caused by phenomena such as poverty; the country’s vulnerability to natural disasters; food insecurity; and, today, increased gang warfare and repression by the security forces. This has led to an increase in the number of […]
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China and CELAC deepen cooperation to reduce poverty

The second forum on CELAC-China relations was held online on July 14. This time, the attendees addressed poverty reduction, aimed at sustainable development, identifying similarities between poverty in China and poverty in CELAC countries.

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Investigation revealed that Chinese mafia “Fujian Bang” operates in Chile

An investigation carried out by the Chilean newspaper La Tercera revealed the existence of a relationship between local and Chinese criminals; the latter were identified as coming from a gang known as “Bang de Fujian”
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Investigations targeting Chinese companies that built hospital in Puno, Perú

In the case of the construction of a hospital in the city of Puno, Peru, China Weihai Construction Group Co Ltd. and China Railway No10 Engineering Group Co Ltd. are being investigated for allegedly obtaining the bid through certain illicit actions.

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