Countries including Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Gabon, and Kazakhstan have all expressed interest in joining the bloc.

Nearly 40 people from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua were included in a list of ‘corrupt and undemocratic actors’

The bloc leaders acknowledged this in the closing statement of the EU-CELAC summit

Argentine officials say this is the first time the EU has included a mention to the disputed islands

The Brazilian president said he believed the EU would “very easily” agree with it

Presidents Fernández and Lasso met at the EU-CELAC summit for the first time since the fallout

He said that ‘when an agreement only benefits one party, it stops being an agreement and starts to look more like a joke’

Von der Leyen told a business forum that the three regions needed each other more than ever

The US ambassador celebrated the 30th anniversary of power company AES in the country