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...course the countries, uh, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua with, uh,

Russia relationships. Why this region matters? With all of its rich

resources and rare earth elements. You've got the lithium triangle,

which is needed for technology today.

60 percent of the world's lithium,

uh, is in the lithium triangle: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile.

You have the largest oil reserves, light sweet crude,

discovered off of Guyana over a year ago.

Um, you have

Venezuela's resources as well with, uh, with oil... ...uh, copper, gold.

We have the Amazon, uh, lungs of the world. We have the 31 percent of the

world's fresh water in this region too. Um, I mean it's just off the charts.

We have a lot to do. This region matters.

It has a lot to do with national security and we need to step up our game.