The
Latin American region attends various popular revolts caused by social unrest
in the face of a proletarianization process that has impoverished citizens,
said former president of Colombia Ernesto Samper, secretary general of Unasur
between 2014 and 2017.
In the region there is a social outbreak due to the process of proletarianization of the middle and lower classes. Lawyer and Economist.
Until
2014 there was an effort in the region "to reduce poverty levels and to
develop social inclusion programs, which allowed the removal of more than 180
million people from poverty", he argued.
But
since then there has been a setback that has generated a reaction, since
"removing something from someone who has had it is more painful than not
giving it to someone who has not had it".
"The
outbreak in Chile took place violently, Argentina exploded by choosing [as next
president] Alberto Fernández, and in Colombia it broke out with a radical
change in regional elections by voting the population for a change and
unraveling traditional parties", reviewed the exmandatario.
In
Bolivia, the same social concern is raised, "although we must recognize
that the Government of Evo Morales has been sustained in terms of his tenure
because he has succeeded in the economic and social part", said Samper.
Within
the region, Bolivia is the one with the highest average growth in the last
decade, having "reduced absolute and relative poverty by two thirds, which
guarantees that people think they can continue".
That
during the first hours the results of the elections were not known "was an
act of sanity of the Supreme Electoral Court to not create false expectations
and feed them in a incendiary manner with results that were changing minute by
minute", he said.
Pending
the audit of the Organization of American States (OAS), it must be accepted
that Morales succeeded in consolidating a majority "be it one vote,
because that is what democracy is about".
Factors
of the regional crisis
The
convulsion suffered by several countries in Latin America has among its causes
the gradual reduction of the State that has occurred for some time now, Samper
observed.
"We
reduced the qualitative and quantitative role of the State, which is the great
absence of social processes", he described.
A "fiscal
populism was also promoted by taking taxes from those above to reduce subsidies
to those below", said the former president.
To these
two factors are added the corruption scandals that gave citizens the feeling
"that they were taking away something that was theirs".
In the
regression that allowed the rise of conservative governments in turn influenced
the mistakes made by the progressive efforts that preceded them.
First of
all, "they lacked creativity, because although most of them did social inclusion
programs, they could not read the future or connect with young people, who were
talking about other issues on social networks, such as climate change, security
economic, social and health-related, as well as other issues such as the
biotechnology revolution or genetics", Samper said.
On the
other hand, "the presence of the Christian churches has provoked a
spiritual and political stir inside the countries", said the former head
of state.
The book
"The revenge of God" by the French political scientist Gilles Kepel
"says that the punishment of Latin America for not wanting to change its
concepts in terms of sexual freedom and doctrine is the presence of these
churches, which have the ability to reach more easily to the population and
occupy the place that the State had", he pondered.
SOURCE: Sputniknews
