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This report examines resource conflicts in the context of US security initiatives in Latin America and the role that individual states have in managing them. International investments in mining and hydrocarbons in the Central Andes could potentially affect US economic influence in those countries and have real implications for US security presence relative to other world powers. The paper therefore addresses how regulations that structure the process of local community consultation affect the mining sector in Peru and the hydrocarbon extraction sector in Bolivia. It identifies commonalities in resource conflicts and analyzes how subnational institutions can predict the condition under which conflict arises.