Abstract This analysis establishes how NATO geopolitics, operating as the strategic arm of US imperialism, constitutes the primary instrument that conditions relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the current global conjuncture. This dynamic forges an essential contradiction between the genuine interest in autonomous development and regional peace—materialized in the proclamation of CELAC as a Zone of Peace—and the logics of domination, resource diversion, and militarization driven by the core of global capitalism, led by the United States of America (US). This contradiction manifested itself at the IV EU–CELAC Summit, whose results reflect European subordination to the NATO agenda and its consequent inability to question US military intervention in the Caribbean or to transform the structural mechanisms—such as neocolonial trade agreements—that perpetuate asymmetry, economic reprimarization, and the technological dependence of LAC. Therefore, the viability of an emancipatory bi-regional partnership requires, as a sine qua non condition, that the EU change its historic neocolonialist approach toward LAC and distance itself from the harmful alliance to which it belongs: NATO, since its membership in this criminal organization only deprives the EU of the ability to dedicate resources to the development of its member states and the underdeveloped world—while harming the economy and social conditions of its own people.
Abstract The processes through which the independence of the republics of the Americas developed created an unbalanced relationship between the United States of America (US) and Latin America and the Caribbean. Within this framework, the conceptual and legal pronouncements of the US have repeatedly been violated by the execution of an imperial policy of force based on fabricated excuses and pretexts aimed at violently imposing political domination. Science and its management illustrate the extremes this conduct has reached, acting against the real national interests of that country.
Abstract This article analyzes the strategic positioning of Latin America and the Caribbean in a scenario of systemic transition between declining powers (the US and the EU) and rising powers (China, India, and Russia). It highlights that competition for critical minerals and the drive to ensure technological security increase the region’s relevance in the global dispute. While the US entrenches itself in a reinforced securitization vision within the 2025 National Security Strategy, China expands its influence with economic cooperation without political conditionalities. The conclusion examines regional dilemmas and the search for a relational autonomy to manage an increasingly complex interdependence.
Abstract In recent years, transcendental processes have taken place that have reshaped the landscape of international relations in multiple dimensions, changing geopolitics and the world economic system. The current international context has brought greater attention from major world powers to the Global South, placing Latin America and the Caribbean in a field of geopolitical and geoeconomic dispute. In this sense, it is timely to analyze the scenario and development prospects of the European Union’s relations with the Latin American and Caribbean region, particularly Germany, one of the main architects of the Union’s foreign policy and a key European economic partner for the region.
Abstract The asymmetric interdependence between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) is a determining factor in their differing policies toward Cuba. Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Brantly Womack on asymmetric relations (2007 and 2016), we explain the convergences and divergences of these transatlantic allies in their policies toward Cuba, examining their historical evolution and identifying international trends that shape both the challenges and opportunities for Cuba and its current foreign policy.
