By AGNES CHANG and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI As President Donald Trump has imposed steep tariffs on China, American importers are buying much less. But the rest of the world is making up the difference, buying more from China than ever. China has offset the decline from America with breathtaking speed. Shipments to other parts of the world have surged this year, demonstrating that China’s manufacturing dominance will not be easily slowed. Chinese exports are on track to reach anoth

Mayor Gustavo Petro of Bogotá speaks to supporters from a balcony of his office, Jan. 22, 2014. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY Few leaders have dared take on President Donald Trump so openly as President Gustavo Petro of Colombia. While many have treaded carefully since Trump took office, Petro has infuriated him, blocking deportation flights, standing on the streets of Manhattan urging U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and accusing the United States o

Cheila Carranza, 14, in her grandmother’s home, where she lives in one room with her mother and two siblings in Santa Marta, Colombia, Nov. 12, 2025. Colombia was a top U.S. ally in Latin America until the Trump administration began deadly strikes in international waters. Now, one family wants justice. (Federico Rios Escobar/The New York Times) By SIMON ROMERO One day in mid-September, Alejandro Carranza, a Colombian fisherman who, his family said, had long plied the Caribbea

Michael Burry, the investor known for his successful bets against the U.S. housing market in 2008, has deregistered his hedge fund, Scion Asset Management. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s database showed Scion’s registration status as “terminated” as of November 10. Deregistering would imply the fund is not required to file reports with the regulator or any state. Bets by Scion, which managed $155 million in assets as of March, have long been dissected for hints of l

The 80-member Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Maximiano Valdés and featuring cuatro soloist Luis Sanz, above, will bring to Boston an evening of rhythms and warmth from home. (bso.org) By PEGGY ANN BLISS Special to THE STAR Mega bucks superstar Bad Bunny isn’t the Caribbean island’s only musical treasure, and the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO) is about to see that everybody knows it. Friday night in chilly Boston, in the prestigious Symphony Hall, th

POR CYBERNEWS LA FORTALEZA – El secretario interino del Departamento de Agricultura, Irving Rodríguez, anunció el jueves dos iniciativas dirigidas a fortalecer oportunidades educativas para jóvenes de comunidades especiales y a promover el consumo de carne de cerdo producida en Puerto Rico. “En esta iniciativa hacemos una colaboración entre varias agencias, lo que es la comunidad y haciéndole justicia a nuestros participantes de las comunidades especiales”, expresó Rodríguez

Capital Area Food Bank volunteers provide food to federal workers during the government shutdown in Beltsville, Md., Oct. 25, 2025. (Lawren Simmons/The New York Times) By JESS BIDGOOD The longest government shutdown in American history is over, but there are two sets of images from these past few weeks that could endure well beyond it. The first shows the lines snaking out of food pantries after the Trump administration chose not to use available funds to keep full food stamp

Volunteers distribute groceries to Bronx residents at the Throggs Neck Community Alliance food pantry in the Bronx on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025. For the poorest Americans, the expected end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history has done little to quell their doubt and anxiety, leaving their faith shaken in the food stamp program and in the reliability of the federal government to serve as a social safety net. (Marco Postigo Storel/The New York Times) By TONY