The terrible news that came about the estimated amount of recoverable oil in California’s Monterey Shale deposits became a game changer in the wrong direction for the United States. In 2011, Washington celebrated with excitement when they were told they would be getting 13.7B barrels of oil from deposits in California. But now, it is known the real amount available is just 600M barrels – a reduction of 96% [LA Times May 21-2014].
The US eagerly supported the Neo Nazi sympathizers that took down a democratically elected government in Ukraine, assuring the US would provide oil to this country in case Russia cuts its supply of gas. The need for secure energy gets even into the defense planning. Specialists have predicted plenty of civil unrest events at home and abroad due to catastrophic events linked to climate change, energy shocks or economic crisis, and maybe all of those factor at the same time [The Guardian Jun 14-2013].
This situation turns on the emergency red flags for the US, due to its addictive dependency on energy – energy that has to import from somewhere else. For more than a 100 years, the US has been intervening in Latin America as a matter of geo political domination, always having in mind the huge amounts of resources that can be extracted. This time, the US is desperate under its economy collapsing and under the threat of the BRICS (Brazil Russia China South Africa) taking over as the dominating economical and political entity. In fact, at this point it is eminent the US dollar, as the global reserve currency, is in free fall. Indeed, former assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts says the Federal Reserve no longer has gold holdings since 2011 [Global Research Jan 23-2014 / Before it isNews]. By now, many countries don’t trust the dollar any more and Germany is requesting its gold back, but the U.S. has denies to do so, at least no until 2020 [RT Nov 12-2014].
John Kerry, as Obama’s secretary of the state, very earnestly described Latin America as the US backyard, but the role of the Latin America and especially South America goes beyond that [War is a Racket]. 42% of the world oil is on the Strait of Hormuz and it takes 45 days to transport that oil to the US, but it takes only 4 days to transport oil From Venezuela.Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of the world, altogether with Ecuador being the 8th most important provider of oil to the US. In addition Bolivia has the largest natural gas reserves and the largest lithium deposits [The Guardian Dec 29-2011]. Keep in mind lithium-ion batteries are the future to power iPods, mobile phones, laptops and even electric cars. Bolivia itself has 40% of lithium deposits and combining Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, just those three countries have about 85% of lithium deposits. In addition, it is estimated Argentina has the 2nd largest reserve of gas and the 4th of oil [BRICS Jul 16-2014].
Almost every South American country is an important food producer. On top of that, the Amazon has the two most important resources in the near future, water and clean air. In fact,it was recently found that just in the Saga water system in South America has 160B cubic meters of water in the underground Amazon that runs under four countries [RT Sep 16-2014]. Another important aspect to take into account is that just in the Yasuni in Ecuador we can find a extremely rich biodiversity, a very important resource in the matter of patents, and at the same time it offers a great reserve of oil. Corporations now want to have patent ownership on life itself, not surprisingly a native nation,the Waorani, from Ecuador is suing the oil company Maxus and Coriell for stealing their DNA [Andes Jun 14-2014 / Telesur]. Mexico itself has the richest human genetic biodiversity of the planet, but in the case of the Waorani, the samples provide uncontaminated genetic material to study and patent. Land itself is important, and there has start an important land grab movement in Paraguay, Chile and Argentina through groups like Conservation Land Trust.
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South America: An Eminent U.S. Target to Secure Energy and Resources
The terrible news that came about the estimated amount of recoverable oil in California’s Monterey Shale deposits became a game changer in the wrong direction for the United States. In 2011, Washington celebrated with excitement when they were told they would be getting 13.7B barrels of oil from deposits in California. But now, it is known the real amount available is just 600M barrels – a reduction of 96% [LA Times May 21-2014].
The US eagerly supported the Neo Nazi sympathizers that took down a democratically elected government in Ukraine, assuring the US would provide oil to this country in case Russia cuts its supply of gas. The need for secure energy gets even into the defense planning. Specialists have predicted plenty of civil unrest events at home and abroad due to catastrophic events linked to climate change, energy shocks or economic crisis, and maybe all of those factor at the same time [The Guardian Jun 14-2013].
This situation turns on the emergency red flags for the US, due to its addictive dependency on energy – energy that has to import from somewhere else. For more than a 100 years, the US has been intervening in Latin America as a matter of geo political domination, always having in mind the huge amounts of resources that can be extracted. This time, the US is desperate under its economy collapsing and under the threat of the BRICS (Brazil Russia China South Africa) taking over as the dominating economical and political entity. In fact, at this point it is eminent the US dollar, as the global reserve currency, is in free fall. Indeed, former assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts says the Federal Reserve no longer has gold holdings since 2011 [Global Research Jan 23-2014 / Before it is News]. By now, many countries don’t trust the dollar any more and Germany is requesting its gold back, but the U.S. has denies to do so, at least no until 2020 [RT Nov 12-2014].
John Kerry, as Obama’s secretary of the state, very earnestly described Latin America as the US backyard, but the role of the Latin America and especially South America goes beyond that [War is a Racket]. 42% of the world oil is on the Strait of Hormuz and it takes 45 days to transport that oil to the US, but it takes only 4 days to transport oil From Venezuela.Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of the world, altogether with Ecuador being the 8th most important provider of oil to the US. In addition Bolivia has the largest natural gas reserves and the largest lithium deposits [The Guardian Dec 29-2011]. Keep in mind lithium-ion batteries are the future to power iPods, mobile phones, laptops and even electric cars. Bolivia itself has 40% of lithium deposits and combining Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, just those three countries have about 85% of lithium deposits. In addition, it is estimated Argentina has the 2nd largest reserve of gas and the 4th of oil [BRICS Jul 16-2014].
Almost every South American country is an important food producer. On top of that, the Amazon has the two most important resources in the near future, water and clean air. In fact,it was recently found that just in the Saga water system in South America has 160B cubic meters of water in the underground Amazon that runs under four countries [RT Sep 16-2014]. Another important aspect to take into account is that just in the Yasuni in Ecuador we can find a extremely rich biodiversity, a very important resource in the matter of patents, and at the same time it offers a great reserve of oil. Corporations now want to have patent ownership on life itself, not surprisingly a native nation,the Waorani, from Ecuador is suing the oil company Maxus and Coriell for stealing their DNA [Andes Jun 14-2014 / Telesur]. Mexico itself has the richest human genetic biodiversity of the planet, but in the case of the Waorani, the samples provide uncontaminated genetic material to study and patent. Land itself is important, and there has start an important land grab movement in Paraguay, Chile and Argentina through groups like Conservation Land Trust.
Originally published on Jun 19, 2014 @ 03:18