Latin America's mega-port opens as regional leaders prepare for crucial meetings
A new Chinese-built port in Peru starts operations while Brazil gets ready for G-20 summit. Meanwhile Haitiʼs government faces major changes as airport closes and food crisis deepens
A brand-new $3.5-billion deep-water port complex (built with Chinese money) opened last week in Perus small city of Chancay. The facility — run by Cosco Shipping — will let bigger ships than Panama Canal dock there and cut South America-Asia travel time by about 2 weeks
The port comes as Peru shows signs of getting better after last years political mess: President Dina Boluarte stays in charge even with low ratings‚ and business looks good. The Transport Minister says they expect way more trade with China; Brazil wants to use the port too
In Brazil some scary stuff happened before next weeks G-20 meeting: theres been an explosion near the Supreme Court in Brasilia. The attacker (who didnt make it) had links to Jair Bolsonaroʼs party; now security is extra-tight for when world leaders come
The port is there but the infrastructure to support its operations is not
Haitiʼs problems got worse this month: they fired interim leader Garry Conille and put Alix Didier Fils-Aimé in charge. The airport shut down after planes got shot at‚ and UN food help cant get in — its real bad since half of Haitiʼs people dont have enough food
- Nov 17-19: Biden visits Brazil
- Nov 18-19: G-20 summit happens
- Nov 20: Xi meets with Lula
- Nov 20: Italian PM visits Argentina
Latin American movies are trying to get to the Oscars — Brazils “Im Still Here“ is doing great and won at Venice Film Fest. Its about life during their military rule back in the day‚ and people think it might win big
