The Fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Forum has just taken place in Beijing.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Colombian President Gustavo Petro were among those in attendance.

Meanwhile, Columbia has formally agreed to join the Belt and Road Initiative.

What’s driving the closer ties between China and the Latin America and Caribbean nations? And what does this mean for the unity of the Global South?

Host Zhao Ying is joined by Cao Ting, Director of Center for Latin American Studies of Fudan University; Pedro Steenhagen, PhD candidate in International Politics at Fudan University and Consultant at the China Desk of Brazil's Daniel Law; Fernando Munoz Bernal, Founder of Media Without Means, a platform aimed at combating misinformation by giving local voices a chance to share their stories.