Latin America's Response to Mark Carney's Speech

I was watching a webinar put on by the Canadian Council for the Americas, which naturally touched on Mark Carney's speech. Robert Funk, a Chilean professor (but also Canadian) noted how unusual it was to have people talking about a Canadian Prime Minister's speech in casual conversation. And I don't blog very much about Canada.

It resonated elsewhere and Claudia Sheinbaum praised it. Carney will spend a lot of the year traveling, which already includes Brazil and I imagine will include plenty more of Latin America. This isn't exactly new, but the sense of urgency is intensifying.

A question came up in the webinar about whether Canada would lead some sort of group of middle powers, which I think misses the core point. This isn't a "movement" per se but rather just the rational response by sovereign countries with options. There doesn't have to be a leader, which suggests common political views, policies, and the like.