Vladimir Putin arrived on a working visit to Nicaragua. With President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega. 2014. Image: Kremlin/Russian Presidency. All rights reserved.
Some countries in the world are extremely impoverished, even though they have natural resources. Some perceive and/or discover opportunities and take advantage of what other countries do not perceive: they apply technology to exploit natural resources and this allows them to stand out and enrich themselves. And then there are the highly industrialized countries abundant in human, technical, technological, economic, financial, and historical resources - global leaders in many respects. Of course, the difference between them and the rest is the fact that their decisions have a worldwide impact.
The former are defined as small countries of little economic importance - that is, they do not have a determining role in the global order. Generally, their role is a secondary one in commercial terms – even though, at times, due to their geographical situation, they are considered strategic countries - to be used, but not to be treated with due respect as independent nations.
