US officials are set to tour Latin America this week to scout infrastructure projects as they prepare a counter to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative. A delegation of diplomatic and development officials led by President Joe Biden’s deputy national security adviser Daleep Singh is in Colombia, where they plan to meet President Ivan Duque, before stops later in the week to Ecuador and Panama, US officials said. Full Text-> DailyStar

Traducción de cortesía -> Funcionarios estadounidenses están programados para recorrer América Latina esta semana para explorar proyectos de infraestructura mientras preparan un contraataque a la Iniciativa de la Franja y la Ruta de varios billones de dólares del presidente chino Xi Jinping. Una delegación de funcionarios diplomáticos y de desarrollo encabezada por el asesor adjunto de seguridad nacional del presidente Joe Biden, Daleep Singh, se encuentra en Colombia, donde planean reunirse con el presidente Ivan Duque, antes de visitar Ecuador y Panamá a finales de la semana, dijeron funcionarios estadounidenses.

A year and a half since protesters took to the streets of Caracas, and U.S. President Donald Trump warned that “all options are on the table” if Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro refused to step down, the fortunes of the two leaders have reversed. While Trump is recovering from Covid-19 and facing defeat at the polls, Maduro’s grip on power has grown more secure. With Venezuela’s main opposition. By The Editors -> Full Text-> Bloomberg Quint