Twenty years. That's how long one Latin American nation spent building bridges with Moscow, Beijing, Havana, and Tehran — all in the name of challenging Washington's grip on global power. The dream? A multipolar world where the old rules don't apply. The reality? That alliance is crumbling faster than anyone expected. Turns out, forging a new world order takes more than shared grievances. When your economic foundation is shaky and your backers have their own crises to manage, ambition alone won't cut it. The geopolitical chessboard is brutal, and some moves just don't pay off.