Comments on: Oil and La Frontera

By: perilla

perilla — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:28:00 +0000

Brazil is surely big and influential enough to be able to swing geopolitical trends of the continent one way or another.

But slowing down the extraction will still exhaust their resources, only a little bit later..the solution is not in graduality but in a paradigm shift which is needed and will not happen soon…alternative, renewable energy resources is what we have to focus on more and less on the 20century relic nonrenewable fossil fuels..

By: perilla

perilla — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:28:00 +0000

Brazil is surely big and influential enough to be able to swing geopolitical trends of the continent one way or another.

By: francisotarl

francisotarl — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:02:00 +0000

I need to learn more about this subject. Gregor, please what books and web sites should I read?

By: Eric Garland

Eric Garland — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:59:47 +0000

Brazil is taking incredible steps these days. They are the dominant military and diplomatic force in the region and were critical in defusing tensions between Chavez and his neighbors. They have enough petroleum to keep some form of development coming, on their own terms, for decades. And finally, Western oil companies need not be invited to make it all happen.

You've got the end of the Monroe Doctrine and the end of Western hegemony in the oil business all in the space of a few years. Brazil, Argentina, and Chile will be able to partner with their South American neighbors, China, and to a lesser extent Europe. Meanwhile, the U.S. is trying to dig in more military bases in Colombia, in the name of taking down narcotics. America's sole role in the region seems relegated to brawn and not brains. The U.S. is poised to lose influence in its own hemisphere.

Hey, maybe they will buy our debt.