This article provides an overview of recent developments in Latin American international relations. Key stories include Beijing's support for Cuba, Brazil's criticism of BYD's labor practices, and Chile's exposure of a massive copper smuggling ring linked to Chinese buyers.

We have selected six of the most interesting and important news stories covering Latin American relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chile exposes smuggling ring that shipped US$917m in stolen copper to China Chinese buyers were the end destination of a five-year smuggling pipeline that drained an estimated US$917 million worth of stolen copper from Chile, authorities said in April after police dismantled the network....