Xi visits US, Latin America as leader of more confident China after decade of explosive growth

BEIJING - President Xi Jinping meets his American counterpart, Barack Obama, this week after stops in the Caribbean and Latin America as the leader of a more confident China following a decade of explosive economic and trade growth.

US says strong economic relationship with region a 'strategic necessity'

WASHINGTON, USA  — A top United States official says that strong economic relationships with the Caribbean and Latin America are "a strategic necessity".

Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources at the State Department Thomas Nides told the Chamber of Commerce that "sustainable, inclusive economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will benefit all of us".