Arturo de’ Steafani – 24/07/2025
Carlos Pereyra Mele and the Geopolitics of the Global South. Toward a Latin American Strategic Thought
Arturo de’ Stefani
Introduction
The recent passing of Argentine political analyst Carlos Pereyra Mele (1948–2024) marks the loss of one of the most lucid and courageous voices in contemporary South American geopolitical thought. Founder of Dossier Geopolítico, tireless radio commentator and committed intellectual, he developed a systemic, critical, and strategic reflection on the transformations of the world order, focusing his analysis on the decline of Western unipolarity and the emergence of a new multipolar order.
A Changing World: From Pax Americana to Global Hybrid War
At the heart of Pereyra Mele’s thought was the breakdown of post-Cold War U.S. hegemony. In a 2022 interview, he stated:
“There are two models in confrontation. Between 1991 and 2004, U.S. hegemony was absolute. Then, with the rise of powers such as China and Russia, the multipolar dispute began” (Radio UNAJ, 2022).
According to his perspective, the 21st century did not bring a stable liberal order, but a prolonged geostrategic conflict made up of proxy wars, sanctions, destabilizations, and information attacks. In a 2023 essay, he wrote:
“We are immersed in the first partial global hybrid war of the 21st century. A war fought on all fronts—except, for now, the nuclear one” (Del Atlantismo al Polo Euroasiático, 2023).
The “Imposed Truth” and Western Cognitive Domination
Pereyra Mele consistently denounced the manipulation of information by Western media, which he viewed as a true tool of psychological and cognitive warfare. He wrote:
“Rarely have we seen so much censorship… against those who dare question the ‘imposed truth’ from the centers of Atlanticist power” (Dossier Geopolítico, July 2023).
For him, the West fought with unconventional weapons: think tanks, universities, NGOs, digital platforms—all instruments for colonizing the imagination and homogenizing development and thought models. A war “without rifles,” but with devastating effects.
The BRICS and the Multipolar Alternative
A staunch advocate of multipolarism, he saw the BRICS not only as an economic coalition, but as a geopolitical proposal alternative to U.S./NATO dominance.
“The West unleashes war against the BRICS… because they represent the possibility of a different world order, decentralized and based on sovereignty” (Club de la Pluma, 2023).
In this context, he considered it strategic for Latin America to side with emerging powers, avoiding passive subordination to Atlanticism and rediscovering its own historical, cultural, and territorial identity.
Argentina and South America: Sovereignty or Subjugation?
Pereyra Mele was always an organic intellectual aligned with Argentina’s nacional-popular tradition, in the lineage of Jauretche, Scalabrini Ortiz, and early Peronism. In many of his analyses, he emphasized the importance of South American integration:
“Only a strategic alliance between Argentina, Brazil, and MERCOSUR can halt foreign penetration and build regional defense” (Conference, Córdoba, 2021).
He openly denounced the presence of U.S. military bases, IMF debt manipulation, and cognitive destabilization strategies carried out via the Triple Frontier, often criminalized to justify disguised military interventions.
Complex Geopolitics: Chaos, Open Systems, Programmed Crisis
Drawing on systemic and complexity theories, Pereyra Mele often spoke of “constructive chaos”:
“Societies are neither stable nor closed. They are open, self-organizing systems, vulnerable to induced destabilization processes from outside” (Dossier Geopolítico, 2022).
According to him, so-called color revolutions were nothing more than the application of an Anglo-Saxon doctrine of political change engineering, aimed at controlling resources and territories.
A Free and Independent Voice
Through his editorials in Dossier Geopolítico, interviews on Club de la Pluma, university lectures, and contributions to Modern Diplomacy, Pereyra Mele carried out tireless work of education, analysis, and cultural activism. He often said:
“We must return to thinking for ourselves, using our own categories. Our dependency is not only economic or technological: it is also epistemological” (Club de la Pluma, 2022).
The legacy
His work leaves us with a strategic compass to understand and navigate a fragmented world:
- Overcome cognitive and strategic subordination to the West;
- Build a conscious, cooperative, and autonomous Global South;
- Make Latin America a sovereign geopolitical pole;
- Defend the plurality of civilizational models.
Carlos Pereyra Mele was not just an analyst. He was an educator of critical thought, a defender of non-aligned truth, and an interpreter of the world as seen from the South.
References
Pereyra Mele, C. (2023). Del Atlantismo al Polo Euroasiático. Dossier Geopolítico.
Pereyra Mele, C. (2022–2024). Contributions on Radio UNAJ and Club de la Pluma.
Dossier Geopolítico. (2022–2024). Articles and essays. www.dossiergeopolitico.com
Public Conferences. (2021–2024). Dossier Geopolítico Archive.
Modern Diplomacy. (2022–2023). Contributions by C. Pereyra Mele.
X/Twitter profile: @pereyramele