Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has met with his Peruvian counterpart Nestor Popolizio on the first leg of his tour of Latin America.
The two men visited CREA Animal rescue centre near Iquitos in the Amazon Basin where Mr Johnson got up close with a three-toed sloth and learned about the action being taken to tackle the trade in illegal wildlife.
On his arrival in Peru, Mr Johnson announced a £177 million UK-funded programme to encourage carbon reduction in the region.
He also met with British firms involved in construction work for 2019's Pan Am Games athletics tournament in Lima.
The Foreign Secretary was also keen to get involved when he visited a village school at nearby Santa Marta, on the banks of the Amazon.
As school children performed a dance to a pounding drumbeat, Mr Johnson took the hand of infant class teacher Adriana Pinedo and led her out to join them.
The politician later flew to Argentina, where he visited a Falklands War memorial in capital Buenos Aires and laid a wreath in honour of the dead on both sides of the conflict.
He was joined by foreign minister Jorge Faurie and defence minister Oscar Aguad to pay their respects at a ceremony at the Monumento a los Caidos en Malvinas - the Monument to the Fallen in the Falklands.
Speaking ahead of the ceremony, Mr Johnson said: "It is an honour to join foreign minister Faurie today, and to lay a wreath at the Monument to the Fallen, commemorating all those who died in the Falkland Islands conflict."
Mr Johnson hopes that the Falklands issue will not be a bone of contention during his two-day visit, when post-Brexit trade opportunities will be to the fore.
Mr Johnson will also attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the G20 group of economic powers, which is being chaired by Argentina this year.
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