Energy Security and the Revival of US Hard Power in Latin America
These operations resulted in at least 110 deaths, occurring without judicial processes or a formal declaration of war by the U.S. Congress (Zegarra et al. During that same month, at least two vessels were seized by U.S. forces on the grounds of alleged “illegal operations” (Ali et al. Energy security renewed great-power competition, and the revival of interventionist doctrines increasingly converges in “strategic” areas of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Furthermore, to what degree could similar dynamics unfold around other strategic energy and mineral resources across the LAC region? It emphasises the interactions between political entities and physical landscapes (Blondeel et al.
Source: CBC News January 12, 2026 07:06 UTC
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