Category: Latin America

The Best Places to Enjoy Sunsets in Latin America

By Valentin Fuentes From TravelPulse Latin America offers great places to enjoy extraordinary sunsets. Its extensive geography includes beaches, mountains and deserts where travelers can enjoy amazing views amid wonderful natural diversity. Here we dive into some of the most recommended places for photography lovers and those who seek to relax with the colors of…


Why Some Latin Americans are Fed Up with ‘Gringos’ Living in Their Countries

The subject of U.S. Americans receiving a less than warm welcome in neighboring countries isn’t a new one. When John Woodhouse Audubon, son of the famous naturalist and painter John James Audubon, arrived at Cerro Gordo in Northern Mexico in 1849, he was all but run out of town. In his travel diary, Audubon wrote that he…


US Approves Thousands of Tech Export Requests to China; Latin America Is a Key Card for China

China is getting all the U.S. tech, and the Commerce Department is apparently helping. A new report suggests Commerce is approving requests to export tech to China. What does this mean for the U.S.-China tech war? And is the U.S. government serious about stopping China’s tech transfer and IP Theft? We discuss this amid the…


US Must Pivot Toward Latin America to Counter China

Commentary Leftists are gobbling up the governments of Latin America as countries drift into China’s orbit. On June 19, leftist and former guerilla Gustavo Petro won the presidential election in Colombia, calling attention to an increasing leftist shift across the Americas. This parallels increasing engagement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), posing a threat to…


CCP’s Drug Warfare and Other Illegal Activities in Latin America

Commentary The Trump administration’s 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) called out the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for its many nefarious and insidious activities against the United States and the Western Hemisphere, including transnational criminal organizations and Chinese fentanyl traffickers. “Transnational criminal organizations—including gangs and cartels— perpetuate violence and corruption and threaten the stability of Central…


US Lacks Comprehensive Strategy to Counter China in Latin America: Expert

The United States has lacked a grand strategy to repel the Chinese regime from expanding its influence in Latin America, according to security expert Joseph Humire. Washington has been absent in the region for the past three decades, and as a result, “China has seen an opportunity and has really capitalized on the opportunity,” Humire…


Footage of Woman Attacked in Restaurant in China: What Is Behind It?; Is the US Losing Latin America?

Security footage details a brutal gang attack in China. Authorities are now putting police on the street. Is the outrage from internet users being misdirected by the Chinese regime? And are there bigger implications behind this horrible attack?  I spoke with Joseph Humire at the recent Americas Summit. Mexico boycotted the event. What does that…


Trumps Agree to Testify in NY Business Probe; China Advances into Latin America Through Trade | NTD News Today

Lawmakers grill Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. She says a global tax plan will benefit American workers and companies. But some say the opposite will happen. President Joe Biden proposes a new economic partnership between the U.S. and Latin America. Find out why presidents of many Latin American countries decided to boycott the U.S. hosted Summit…


Guess Who’s the World’s Greatest Colonial Power Now?

Commentary While the world has focused on the war in Ukraine—and before that, the pandemic, Beijing’s crushing of Hong Kong, the situation in the Middle East, and other big events—China has been steadily replacing U.S. influence in Latin America. The consequences are not just limited to trade, economic, and market issues, although those are all…


China’s Quiet Takeover of the Southern Hemisphere

America’s influence in Latin America is slipping to the Chinese regime. But why is having access to the Southern Hemisphere so important? In this special report, we look at how the Chinese regime has quietly taken over control in many countries; how trade has won Beijing leverage in political, diplomatic, and military spheres across the…