Strategic Mineral Resilience and the Energy Substrate. Venezuela’s Role in the Global AI Supply Chain
By: Soc. Kelly J. Pottella G. The structural reconfiguration of hemispheric geopolitics is being driven by the so-called "Second Great Divergence," where leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transcended the realm of software to anchor itself in a critical material base. Global dominance in the 21st century depends on the ability to secure the uninterrupted flow of massive energy and strategic minerals. In this context, Venezuela has been incorporated into a management architecture that responds to the criteria of critical national security infrastructure. Documentary evidence from the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) confirms that the stability of advanced computational systems requires guaranteed access to the deposits that constitute the indispensable physical support for high-density computing. The relationship between the supply of Venezuelan resources and the demand from Northern data centers responds to a logic of energy efficiency. Artificial Intelli...