Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said China has opened new purchase quotas for Brazilian beef and that Brazil is finding alternative markets in response to US tariffs. Lula said growth in the China market provides important compensation after additional US duties on Brazilian exports.
Atlas, the infrastructure unit owned by BlackRock, has frozen renewable energy investments worth roughly $1 billion in Brazil. The decision comes amid uncertainty over the country's energy transition policies.
Australian infrastructure fund Macquarie and private-equity manager IG4 Capital have agreed to sell their controlling stake in Brazilian multimodal logistics operator CLI to Abu Dhabi-based AD Ports Group for 835 million US dollars.
Large demonstrations took place in Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción as Chileans protested against government cuts to social programmes. Carabineros police used water cannon and tear gas while protesters attacked some public buildings. President Boric said the cuts were necessary for 'fiscal sustainability'.
Brazil's health ministry said two patients being monitored for possible Ebola infection have tested negative in laboratory analysis. The patients had been placed under observation in Belém and Rio de Janeiro. The ministry said its border-health unit will continue screening for travel history involving the DR Congo.
Caribbean hot sauce producers in Jamaica say the Scotch bonnet peppers central to their recipes are in limited supply. Climate conditions and harvest disruptions are expected to raise producer prices and trim export volumes in the months ahead.
Brooklyn Rivera, 73, the prominent indigenous spokesperson on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast, has died after three years in arbitrary detention. Rights organisations condemned the death and called for an international investigation into the circumstances.
Brazil's health ministry says it is monitoring two patients arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo for possible Ebola infection. The patients are in isolation at a reference hospital in São Paulo, with laboratory results expected within 48 hours. The ministry stressed that no confirmed Ebola case has yet been recorded in Latin America.
Colombia's presidential election will go to a runoff between leftist senator Iván Cepeda and right-wing lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella. Neither candidate cleared 50 percent in the first round and the two represent contrasting positions on the Petro government and US ties. The runoff is set for 21 June.
BBC Latin America correspondent Will Grant spoke to a 70-year-old widow in a Havana high-rise whose elevator was idle during prolonged blackouts, trapping her and her husband as he needed urgent medical care. The account illustrates how the island's deepening energy crisis is hitting everyday life.