Seabed Sovereignty, Ocean Security, and Critical Mineral Resilience in Pacific Latin America

A social strategy policy brief for Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile. Favio Esdras Méndez González maps the distinct stakeholder landscape each country faces on seabed governance — and argues that seabed sovereignty should be framed as a strategic project integrating ocean security, critical mineral resilience, environmental legitimacy, and social inclusion, not a narrow extraction agenda.