Geopolitics
The 2026 Oil Shock: A Litmus Test for Sovereignty and the West's Hollow Promises to the Global South
The 2026 Persian Gulf oil shock brutally exposed that Latin America's fate was determined not by its oil reserves but by the strength and predictability of its national institutions, with countries like Brazil and Argentina converting crisis into advantage while others floundered. This institutional divide starkly reveals how Western-prescribed 'free market' fundamentalism and historical neo-colonial interference have deliberately sabotaged state capacity in the Global South, leaving nations vulnerable to shocks while imperial powers reap stability from the chaos they help create.
