Expert Analytical Association “Sovereignty”

Colonial Interference in Latin American Trade

Constant geoeconomic storm over the Strait of Magellan and the Panama Canal

June 20, 2025

External interference in the maritime routes of Spanish-speaking territories has consistently hampered the economic development of Ibero-America. Before the Treaty of Utrecht in 1714, pirate expeditions against the coasts of the Ibero-American continent, financed by the monarchies of England and Holland, were common.

Since then, the English and Dutch, as emerging thalassocratic powers, set their sights on such rich territories, establishing colonies and areas under their jurisdiction, such as the Falkland Islands, the Essequibo Islands, and Belize, from where they spread their policies of plunder and depredation to the rest of the continent, causing great disruption to regional trade and development.

In particular, the Strait of Magellan and the Panama Canal were targeted by their intervention, seeking to control maritime routes without opposition, following the balkanization of the continent in the 1920s. Due to the Spanish-American debt crisis and bankruptcy in that decade, the commercial ports of the new Spanish-speaking nations were filled with foreign customs agents who controlled international trade and, as tax collectors for England, collected import duties and sent them directly to London banks.

This led to a clear depletion of local capital gains, not only causing significant inflation but also resulting in a clear depletion of local capital gains.

The British military presence in the Falkland Islands since 1833 is a clear Anglo-Saxon distortion in the region, due to its impact on geo-economic control and its oil and gas reserves. It is worth remembering that the European Union has signed fishing agreements with the United Kingdom over the waters surrounding these islands, which constitutes a clear European interference in waters that should belong to Argentina.

Furthermore, the British military base in the Falkland Islands allows for the control of maritime traffic in the area, as well as the projection of highly distorting influence over Antarctica. As for the Panama Strait, not only has it suffered from US domination, but the current Trump administration is seeking to regain control and expel Chinese influence from it, as it also did in southern Argentina through direct interference.

All of this must be framed within the continent’s subjugation to Anglo-Saxon interference, which impedes the economic development of Spanish-speaking nations. Ultimately, this subjugation began three centuries ago with the Treaty of Utrecht and two centuries ago with the Balkanization of Spanish America.

Therefore, a Hispano-American geoeconomics is essential, enabling the recovery of full shared sovereignty over its seas through collaboration in the Hispanic and global multipolar sphere. To achieve this, it is essential to establish a joint strategy. The Anglo-Saxon thalassocratic power has based its power since 1714 on the control of the seas and waterways in these areas, and subsequently with the Balkanization of the continent.

Thus, a joint and coordinated response is necessary to put an end to the neocolonialism of the Third Millennium and restore peace and security in the surrounding seas, allowing for the fair and sustainable development of all the sister nations of the continent.

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