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They are
winning. “Investors’” steady harassment is
getting the concentration of economic power
progressively in a reduced number of hands, as evidenced by
reports of OXFAM and Intermón ... so silenced, by the way, by many media that, being "their master's voice," do not denounce,
praise the practices of the European
Union and seek the eradication of
"populism ", especially in Latin America.
The United States of Obama is the exception
because he did not follow the guidelines
of the Republican Party and
radically changed the attitude of
risen and belligerent hands (invasion
of Iraq ...) by the
outstretched and conciliatory hands
(medicare, regularization of millions of migrants, Iran, Cuba
...).
Without suppressing
the criticism that governance deserves of
some "populist" countries, it
is fair to recognise what has shown in many
cases, not only in terms of
literacy and poverty reduction
but having been able
to free themselves from the "vulture
funds" and IMF and World Bank (originally "reconstruction and development")
institutions today transformed under the
order of great economic and media power.
I have published
several blogs on this
subject (*) since 2011. The urgency has only
increased.
Argentina is already "re-conquered". And
the pressure on Brazil worsens, using all disqualifications ... as
if monetary and unsupportive Europe today could
be such an
alternative example. An economy of
speculation, production delocalization
and weapons, will
be substituted -because now, finally, human beings can already express and agree or
disagree- by an economy based on
knowledge for a sustainable and human global development economy. The future must be invented ... and it is not advisable
to continue adopting positions
of rejection and inconsiderateness, praising instead a system which, we know well today in
Spain, the facts belie.
The education
level in Bolivia has not
only increased very considerably
and has reached an
obvious reduction of extreme poverty, but has achieved widespread
recognition at the level of the
United Nations, of indigenous native
cultures. Therefore, the improprieties
of the great Vargas Llosa -always splendid in how
but deplorable in what he writes,
particularly, when he becomes a political
commentator- dedicated to "populism" in "El País" (March 6,
2016) do not correspond at all with
the devastating picture that neoliberalism presents today and dominates us.
What is needed
is the real and authentic "populism". "We, the peoples ...", as lucidly President Franklin D. Roosevelt expressed in the beginning of the United Nations Charter, may already be a
reality. Until recently, people had no voice: they were
confined, fearful, silent and anonymous.
In a few years, everything has changed due to digital technology that has allowed knowing what
happens in the world as a whole
and, in particular, the emancipation of women, progressively involved
in decision-making with their inherent powers; the social context,
the nature of work ... everything is different and therefore it is imperative to change. If there is
no evolution, there will be revolution. We cannot continue with democratic
multilateralism substituted by ridiculous
and ineffective plutocratic groups
(G.7, G.8...G.20) and ethical
values substituted by stock markets.
Real democracy,
that in its economic issues subordinates everything to social justice
and recognition of the equal dignity
for all human beings, is the solution.
We must soon recognize it and act accordingly because tomorrow can be
too late.
(*) – “Ni
un día más”. La deriva de Occidente, acosada por los mercados debe terminar sin
dilación (06/9/11). (“Not one more day”. The West’s drift
off course, hounded by the markets, must stop immediately)
- “Sumisión
total: los mercados mandan, omnímodos e inclementes” (10/03/14). (“Total
Submission: markets rule, harsh omni powerful”)
- “Brasil,
intolerable acoso de los mercados” (11/03/14). (Brazil:
inacceptable harassment by markets)
- “El acoso
de los mercados, craso error” (12/22/14). (Harassment of markets, a big mistake)
-
“Intolerable acoso de los mercados a la democracia” (01/27/16).
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