U.S. assumes control of Greenland's security

The United States and Denmark announced an agreement on Greenland's security, according to BBC News Mundo. The pact resolves a deep diplomatic dispute triggered by threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to seize the autonomous territory by force and his insistence on buying or annexing the island.

The agreement, described as historic by Washington, grants the United States permanent control over the security and defense needs of this Danish territory. In practice, according to OnCubaNews, the measure will consolidate a permanent U.S. military presence on the Arctic island and establish an absolute veto that would prevent nations considered adversaries, such as China and Russia, from making sensitive investments or maintaining military bases without express written authorization from the White House.

Behind this geopolitical interest lies Greenland's strategic location for the defense of the Northern Hemisphere and, above all, its vast mineral wealth. The island holds significant deposits of resources key to the energy transition and global technology, which explains months of pressure from the U.S. administration to secure control of the territory under the argument of national security.

Although Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and the representative of the Greenland government, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, stressed that the pact recognizes the sovereignty of the Kingdom and the right of the Greenlandic people to self-determination, the agreement must still go through the necessary parliamentary procedures in both territories before it can take effect. The formal signing is scheduled for next week during the United Nations General Assembly.