So, all this understanding and patience is cool, I guess, but what about the GEOPOLITICS involved?
What are the geopolitics of the Caribbean basin?
What are the geopolitics of Brazil's emergence as a regional power?
What are the geopolitics of hydrocarbon energy resources in the Hemisphere?
What are the implications of the involvement of outside powers (economically as well as politically) in Latin America?
How about in Anglo North America?
With the scramble for influence and resources in the Arctic, what about the same in the Antarctic?
As the US remains the greatest power in the Hemisphere, what might be the effects of all the above on the Monroe Doctrine? Is it still a factor?
Let's discuss outside the feel-good, "let's all get along" view.