It's almost our mantra: Seek out sectarian division, dissent, violence and there you will find resources.
From Geopolitical Economy report, January 19:
Peru has copper, gold, zinc, silver, natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, US ambassador & CIA veteran Lisa Kenna discussed "investments" with mining/energy ministers
The US ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, is a CIA veteran who supported a parliamentary coup in December 2022 that overthrew the South American nation's democratically elected left-wing president, Pedro Castillo.
Castillo was subsequently imprisoned for 18 months without due process, setting off massive protests across Peru. The unelected government responded with extreme violence, killing approximately 50 protesters in just over a month.
One day before the December 7 coup, the former CIA officer turned US ambassador met with Peru's defense minister, who later told the country's powerful military to turn against President Castillo.
Since then, Kenna has been quite busy, regularly meeting with top officials in Peru's coup government, including unelected President Dina Boluarte and her ministers.
On January 18, the US ambassador sat down with Peru's minister of energy and mining, as well as its vice minister of hydrocarbons and vice minister of mining.
Peru's Ministry of Energy and Mines boasted that they discussed "investment" opportunities and plans to "develop" and "expand" the extractive industries.
Peru is a country rich in natural resources, especially minerals. Spanish colonialists exploited the South American nation's substantial silver and gold reserves, and today transnational corporations see it as a very profitable resource hub.
One of Earth's top producers of copper, lead, zinc, tin, silver, and gold, Peru's economy relies heavily on the mining sector, which represents more than half of total national exports and over 10% of GDP.
The world's three largest transnational mining corporations - BHP, Rio Tinto, and Glencore - are heavily invested in Peru, along with other prominent companies from Canada, Brazil, Switzerland, Britain, the US, Japan, and Australia.
Peru is the planet's second-biggest copper producer (after its neighbor Chile), meaning it will become increasingly important in the global shift toward renewable energy technologies....
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