China rebukes US over Huawei dispute as Argentina's Milei balances ties with Washington and Beijing

China’s embassy in Argentina accused the United States of hypocrisy after an Argentine electricity cooperative alleged the U.S. Embassy threatened to revoke its executives’ visas over a partnership with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei

China alleged the US was meddling in Argentina after American embassy officials opposed a contract that would expand the footprint of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co.

Argentina has renewed its currency swap with China for five years, preserving a US$19 billion lifeline that Washington spent more than a year pressing it to give up. The Argentine central bank and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) signed the extension of the 130 billion yuan line on Wednesday, a day before the existing

Brazil has downgraded its mission to Buenos Aires to the level of charge d'affaires after repeated insults from Milei against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Leer más

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday that the downgrading of diplomatic relations with Argentina to chargé d'affaires level will remain in place until Argentine President Javier Milei stops what he called repeated insults and attacks against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The Brazilian government has chosen to downgrade the level of bilateral relations with Argentina following President Javier Milei’s repeated attacks against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the Supreme Court. The Ministry of Foreign Relations has decided that Brazil’s ambassador to Buenos Aires, Julio

The move formalizes a sharp deterioration in ties between two of Latin America's largest economies, whose presidents have not held an official bilateral meeting since Milei took office.

BRASILIA, Aug 4 - Brazil has told Argentina its relations will be handled at the chargé d'affaires level after Argentine President Javier Milei again insulted Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a Brazilian government source said on Tuesday.

Brazil downgrades diplomatic ties with Argentina after Milei insults Lula  Reuters