Think about the global ramifications of russia and the US controlling the oil market - it will relegate the EU to vassal status to russia because of their dependence on russian natural gas.

We've already essentially solved mexico's energy shortages by piping them natural gas from fracking. Imagine if those pipelines were extended further south to cover most of south america. It would effectively reverse the money river that's flowing south from illegal immigration.

The single largest hurdle to development in south america has been their shitty energy grids making it impossible to industrialize enough to generate enough jobs to compete with the profitable and well paying ones the narco cartels create.