Why is a port at "the end of the world" suddenly gaining interest from both Washington and Beijing? 1/x
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Punta Arenas, Chile, has seen shipping traffic nearly double in the last 4 years -- as wars choke shipping lanes in the Middle East and Europe, climate change snarls the Panama Canal and technological breakthroughs such as green hydrogen come to the fore.
@BrazilBrian @threadreaderapp please unroll
@BrazilBrian Because if the Panama Canal were to fall down some stairs, this would be some of the most strategically critical land on earth.
@BrazilBrian The US is just a little bitter about Chancay in Peru
@BrazilBrian Because the Red October is secreted away there