"True neighbors" ink deals on astronomy, finance, education
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on China and Latin American countries to strengthen dialogue on global issues and boost cooperation on domestic development, in a bid to better build their community of common destiny on a new starting point in history.
In June, Luo Xi returned to his hometown of Chengdu from Ecuador, where a hydropower station he helped design finally started operating.
President Xi Jinping's week-long state visit to three Latin American countries will strengthen their economic partnerships with China and promote mutual benefits, experts have said.
China has always treated its ties with Latin American and Caribbean countries from a strategic and long-term perspective, a senior Chinese official said Monday.
The Chinese economy, an engine of the global economy with a relatively high growth rate, can provide experience for developing regions and countries, including Latin America.
The fight against drug trafficking in Latin America requires effective rules to facilitate the exchange of criminal information and joint operations between countries, experts from the criminal justice system told Xinhua.
With regard to the latest political turmoil in Latin American countries, observers have pointed their fingers at the United States, saying Washington has a hand in it but in a more disguised way than ever.
Chinese investments in Latin America and the Caribbean will be key to the growth and development of this region, especially for tourism and infrastructure, Colombian academic Jose Reyes Bernal Bellon told Xinhua.
Latin America needs a new formula to achieve sustainable development, said a regional meeting before ending here on Friday.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other experts viewed recent political changes in Venezuela and other countries in Latin America as part of the U.S. campaigns to reclaim hegemony in this region.
The vote in the Brazilian lower house of parliament on Sunday in favor of impeaching left-leaning President Dilma Rousseff has raised the alarm around the Latin American continent about the further weakening of socialism in the region.
Drug trafficking will not stop being a problem for countries across Latin America, given the scale of production, trafficking and consumption in the region, warned Antonio Mazzitelli, regional representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Latin America has made the most headway than any other global region in fighting hunger, but too many people continue to go hungry, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Monday.
The fourth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concluded here Wednesday as leaders pledged regional unity to reduce poverty and bolster economic cooperation.
Latin American countries are aspiring to speed up integration to cushion the impact of a weak world economy and meet the demand of their global trade partners especially China.
With 2016 declared the Year of China-Latin America Cultural Exchange, a solid foundation of public support will definitely give new impetus to the fast-growing cooperation between China and Latin America.
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