With the United States hyper focused on Russia and China, it’s easy to forget that the empire is still up to its old tricks in the rest of the Global South. What does the insatiable U.S. imperialist appetite mean for the resource-rich countries of Latin America? After all, that copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas in Peru, the lithium in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, and the oil in Venezuela isn’t gonna steal itself. How is the Cold War with Russia and China playing out throughout the region as the United States dusts off the so-called Monroe Doctrine? And how can this new multipolar era benefit the forces of independence and sovereignty?

To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by  Ben Norton, a Latin America-based journalist and founder of Geopolitical Economy Report. 

Articles discussed in this episode: 

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/19/peru-resources-mining-gas-investment/ 

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/29/latin-america-ukraine-weapons-brazil-colombia-argentina/ 

https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/23/china-military-spending-st-louis-fed-graph/ 

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