China will always be Latin America's "trustworthy" friend and partner, its foreign minister told his Bolivian counterpart, as Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a region historically under the U.

Retired Colonel Rob Maness lauds President Donald Trump for booting China from the Panama Canal and negotiating control back to the United States. Maness says the foreign policy move projects US power in both Latin America and the Indo-Pacific region.

China's growing influence in Latin America has reshaped the region's economic and political landscape, posing challenges for the United States and revealing a skewed view within Chinese academia about the bilateral relationship.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to the region and warned of Chinese encroachment. Several Latin American countries expanded trade and investment relations with China.

The administration’s approach to competition with China, and to global engagement more broadly, could unwittingly facilitate the extension of Beijing’s influence.

Its creditor was none other than China, the lender to poor countries whose growing footprint in Latin America and the Caribbean was ushering in new roads and housing, but also draining government coffers with the high interest rates on their loans.

When Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi assumed the presidency of South America’s only Dutch-speaking nation five years ago, he told the country’s congress that despite its gold and oil reserves, the nat

Panama has officially decided to leave China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), making it the first country in Latin America to do so.

Trump’s long and growing list of shortsighted actions in Latin America has created an opening there for America’s adversaries, most notably China.

Upcoming election at the Organization of American States, the region's most influential body, will influence whether Latin America can contain