Gen. Laura Richardson lists the Lithium Triangle in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, Venezuela’s gold and oil, Guyana’s crude, and 31% of the planet’s fresh water as “national security” interests.

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Thomas Keith

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Gen. Laura Richardson lists the Lithium Triangle in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile, Venezuela’s gold and oil, Guyana’s crude, and 31% of the planet’s fresh water as “national security” interests. No mention of democracy, human rights, or self-determination, just minerals, hydrocarbons, and water. The subtext is clear: in Washington’s doctrine, resource sovereignty in the Global South is a “threat” if it is outside U.S. control. The job of SOUTHCOM is to secure those flows for U.S. markets, by diplomacy if possible, by coercion if necessary. When the commander of a combatant command openly recites your continent’s raw materials like a grocery list, she is not talking about aid; she is talking about leverage.

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