In a world of increasing inequity, where financial capital, insurance agencies, and multinational companies are devastating the planet, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s visit to the United Nations was refreshing.

China has invested U.S. $1.35 billion of the U.S. $ 4.7 billion construction costs of the Néstor Kirchner and Jorge Cepernic hydroelectric plants.

The Chinese automaker Lifan has announced it will halt all of its operations in Uruguay and leave the country after agreeing to pay overdue wages to some 60 workers who have been laid off and are already on unemployment insurance.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) asked for relief money to address the damages caused by hurricanes “Eta” and “Iota” in Central America.

Huawei announced the launch of the Spark program in Latin America and The Caribbean. In 2022, Spark will recruit 139 new technological companies or start-ups.

Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper miner, offered Chinese customers annual copper supply for 2022 at a premium of US$105 a ton.

Spain’s Secretary of State, Juan Fernández Trigo, expressed concern for the situation of imprisoned protesters in Cuba and the lack of social protection throughout Latin America during the pandemic.

Pre-Colombian art pieces were auctioned off in Munich. Several diplomats from across Latin America went to Berlin in opposition of such auctions.

The pandemic has increased productivity gaps, to the point that in 2021, a worker from a high-income country is now 18 times more productive than a low-income one, the largest difference recorded since 2005.

Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, refused to send a delegation to Mexico City to continue the next round of negotiations with Norway, resulting in the team from the Scandinavian nation departing.