Latin America
Latin America is a recurring regional frame in recent The Intelligence sources. Starmergeddon: British PM resigns treated the region through Latin America Rightward Shift and Security Backlash Politics, with Colombia as the election case.
Latin lessons: the Donroe-doctrine boost adds an economic and strategic-investment frame. The episode says the region attracted $205bn in foreign direct investment in 2025 despite broader developing-world weakness, because improved macroeconomic stability, United States geopolitical attention, China competition, and Critical Minerals Geopolitics made the region unusually attractive.
Connections
- Latin America Investment Boom and Donroe Doctrine - investment and U.S. influence frame added by the Latin lessons source.
- Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay - mining and strategic-minerals examples in the source.
- China and United States - rival external powers competing for influence and infrastructure access.
- Colombia, Latin America Rightward Shift, and Security Backlash Politics - earlier political-security branch.