Latinoamérica: “el cuarto de san Alejo” en la geopolítica de Occidente. Comentario sobre la geopolítica latinoamericana

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to make a personal commentary on Latin American geopolitics based on the teaching qualification course Modern and Contemporary Geopolitics, given by the Universidad La Gran Colombia. At the risk of falling into a generalization that may be impertinent, Latin America is taken as a unitary object of study, from the argument that most of its territory was colonized by Spain, which implies a common point that may determine some trends that are repeated in a very similar way in the South American states. The methodology used corresponds to the qualitative approach, from literature review and hermeneutic analysis. The paper presents as a general conclusion that Latin American geopolitics has always depended on some foreign state power, either Spanish or American, which explains the condition of underdevelopment and the lack of appropriation of their own political systems and economic processes more in line with the industrialized world.