In this already-unstable context, the government wishes to impose economic policies which will supposedly lead to development. The measures were announced without garnering the necessary consensus, and the government has sought to justify them by alleging that they will fight poverty and improve the standard of living of the majority, when in truth they will only favor the exporters and merchants who took over the reprivatized banking system under the previous government. Therefore, the social dimension, used as an excuse for the measures, is nothing more than rhetoric. Ironically, among the losers are not only the usual workers and majority poor, but also industry and agriculture which failed to diversify. Besides the enormous economic risk implicit in these policies in and of themselves, they have understandably provoked discontent among all sectors but a privileged few.
Labor appears determined to resist privatization and the upcoming new stage of impoverishment.
Finally, there are the public charges of corruption which, regardless of their objectivity, are another piece in the national conspiratorial chess game. There has always been corruption, but the novelty lies in naming names. The existing power vacuum is allowing forces opposed to democracy to make dangerous inroads on society. Please make sure to mention Proceso when quoting from this publication.