Cuba flight, Taiwan trade pushback, Panama probe: 7 Latin America relations reads

We have selected seven 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. Air China scrambles to fly stranded passengers out of fuel-starved CubaPhoto: HandoutAs a US oil embargo deepened Cuba’s energy crisis, dozens of Air China passengers found themselves stranded on the island.Read the full story here.2. Paraguay tech minister defies Beijing sanctions, vows to deepen Taiwan tiesPhoto: EFEParaguay’s technology minister said that sanctions imposed on him by Beijing over his country’s ties with Taiwan would only accelerate joint projects with the island. “This sanction is, at its core, a certification that what we have been doing since 2023 is the right path,” he wrote in a lengthy social media post.