As we all know, the so called “green agenda” pushed by the UN, World Bank, IMF, The Biden administration, the UK and the European Union, will demand humongous amounts of lithium that are definitely not all available in their local territories or close proximities. Biden recently signed the “Inflation Reduction Act” which little has to do with reducing inflation and almost fully with renewable energy and electric cars incentives and mandates.
The “lithium triangle” formed by Bolivia, Argentina and Chile has one of the largest, if not the largest, lithium deposits. Bolivia had a coup d’etat orchestrated by Elon Musk through his corporations. He has openly admitted to this and arrogantly said “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.”.
In the past days, documents from the Chilean Armed Forces were leaked, revealing internal Chilean criticism on Argentina’s president Alberto Fernandez as someone who is used to “interfering in neighboring countries”, conveying worry about a situation in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
At the same time Chile has recently received as “donation” Boeing E-3D Sentry MK1 aircrafts from the UK. Argentina’s government has recently told lawmakers that it plans to spend about $684 million to procure new fighter jets and build related infrastructure.
So alongside several other brewing skirmishes and wars that I touch on other articles and insights, this situation between Chile and Argentina makes us ponder on what the superpowers have in mind for the southern cone region, for some of us it is obvious Realpolitik, for some others it is a mystery, but the critical mass, sadly, has no interest and no clue on what goes on around their geopolitical landscapes until it becomes a headline problem.