Humala según The Economist
Escrito por ocraM el 16.04.2006 | del antiguo blog
The Economist es una revista con personalidad. Un poquito muy a la derecha para mi gusto, pero ingeniosa, inteligente e íntegra. Iluminadora, muchas veces. Y divertida, además.
Hace unos días me pasaron dos agudos artículos de The Economist que tocaban el tema Humala.
El primero trata sobre la oleada neopopulista que recorre Latinoamérica -y que muchos confunden con “un viraje a la izquierda” del continente-. Aquí, un extracto de The return of populism:
“More Mussolini than Marx
In fact, there is nothing inherently left-wing about populism. Some populist leaders were closer to fascism: Perón lived as an exile in Franco’s Spain for 18 years. Many favoured corporatism—the organisation of society by functional groups, rather than the individual rights and pluralism of liberal democracy.
Other writers have seen populism as a technique of political leadership more than an ideology. They have applied the term to such free-market conservatives as Peru’s Alberto Fujimori and Argentina’s Carlos Menem who, in different ways, sidestepped interest-groups and made direct appeals to the masses. It is not clear whether Mr Humala, if elected in a run-off, would fall into this category—or try to mimic Mr Chávez.”
Y en otro artículo se indaga por los orígenes del fenómeno Humala. Acá un esclarecedor extracto, dedicado a todos los despistados que proclaman que “vamos a extrañar a Toledo” y aseguran que “a fin de cuentas, Toledo fue un buen presidente”:
“That Mr Humala has not, so far, swept all before him is proof that some Peruvians do think things have improved. But behind his support is a deep-seated resentment among many others that they are missing out on progress. That is the fault of government—rather than of business or the “neo-liberal” economic model, as Mr Humala claims. Even by regional standards, education and health services are poor in Peru, and infrastructure is lacking.
That failure goes back decades. But Alejandro Toledo, the president since 2001, squandered an unrivalled opportunity. He failed to reform the judiciary, or to cut the armed forces down to size. Despite the growing economy, government anti-poverty programmes are “pathetically poor”, says Richard Webb, a former central-bank governor. “Less than 1% of GDP is spent on them, and it’s spent badly.” What Mr Toledo and the outgoing Congress are remembered for, rather, is for having raised their own salaries.”
Vayamos entendiéndolo: Toledo no es el único, pero sí el gran creador de Ollanta Humala. La historia no lo olvidará.
April 15th, 2006 @ 10:22 pm
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We work like a horse.
We eat like a pig.
We like to play chicken.
You can get someone’s goat.
We can be as slippery as a snake.
We get dog tired.
We can be as quiet as a mouse.
We can be as quick as a cat.
Some of us are as strong as an ox.
People try to buffalo others.
Some are as ugly as a toad.
We can be as gentle as a lamb.
Sometimes we are as happy as a lark.
Some of us drink like a fish.
We can be as proud as a peacock.
A few of us are as hairy as a gorilla.
You can get a frog in your throat.
We can be a lone wolf.
But I’m having a whale of a time!
You have a riveting web log
and undoubtedly must have
atypical & quiescent potential
for your intended readership.
May I suggest that you do
everything in your power to
honor your encyclopedic/omniscient
Designer/Architect as well
as your revering audience.
As soon as we acknowledge
this Supreme Designer/Architect,
Who has erected the beauteous
fabric of the universe, our minds
must necessarily be ravished with
wonder at this infinate goodness,
wisdom and power.
Please remember to never
restrict anyone’s opportunities
for ascertaining uninterrupted
existence for their quintessence.
There is a time for everything,
a season for every activity
under heaven. A time to be
born and a time to die. A
time to plant and a time to
harvest. A time to kill and
a time to heal. A time to
tear down and a time to
rebuild. A time to cry and
a time to laugh. A time to
grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones
and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a
time to turn away. A time to
search and a time to lose.
A time to keep and a time to
throw away. A time to tear
and a time to mend. A time
to be quiet and a time to
speak up. A time to love
and a time to hate. A time
for war and a time for peace.
Best wishes for continued ascendancy,
Dr. Whoami
P.S. One thing of which I am sure is
that the common culture of my youth
is gone for good. It was hollowed out
by the rise of ethnic “identity politics,”
then splintered beyond hope of repair
by the emergence of the web-based
technologies that so maximized and
facilitated cultural choice as to make
the broad-based offerings of the old
mass media look bland and unchallenging
by comparison.”
April 16th, 2006 @ 1:37 am
Creo que Chávez y Humala piensan hacer de la civilización latinoamericana un fuerte bloque político y económico en el mundo, en donde impere el autoritarismo, la carencia de libertad de expresión y se supriman muchas libertades individuales, alejándonos de los modelos sociales y políticos occidentales. El pueblo (no occidentalizado o donde no ha llegado la modernidad), lo está aceptando, por ello la elección de Evo Morales en Bolivia, el gobierno de Lula en Brasil, y que un tercio de la población peruana apoye a Ollanta Humala.
April 16th, 2006 @ 2:56 am
Yungay?????
April 16th, 2006 @ 2:41 pm
Si el gobierno de Toledo hubiera sido peor, macroeconómicamente hablando, entonces Lourdes Flores hubiera sido percibida como una esperanza y una posibilidad de que la economía de mercado funcione. Entonces la culpa es de Toledo por no haber tenido cifras macroeconómicas peores.
Claro que si el gobierno de Toledo hubiera respetado menos libertades civiles, como la libertad de expresión, Valentín Paniagua hubiera sido percibido como una verdadera oportunidad democrática. Entonces la culpa es de Toledo por haber sido tan poco represivo y antidemocrático.
Por supuesto que si el gobierno de Toledo hubiera fracasado más en la lucha contra el narcotráfico, el terrorismo y la delincuencia, Fujimori y sus partidarios hubieran sido vistos como la vuelta al orden. Entonces la culpa es de Toledo porque en su gobierno no hubo tanta sangre como en otros.
Etc, etc, etc.
¿Conclusión?: Toledo es un artista, un señor chef de la política. Se las arregló para estar en el punto exacto para que surgiera Ollanta Humala. ¿Razonable?
April 16th, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
Además de las explicaciones sociales y políticas, los desvaríos e incoherencias de Humala por momentos parecen preferir una explicación psicoanalítica. Jorge Bruce, el psicoanalista, ha realizado algunas aproximaciones, la última de las cuales la hemos colgado en este post
April 17th, 2006 @ 4:59 am
no nos hagamos paltas y empecemos a alucinar que puede pasar en el gobierno de M.R. Alan García…porque sín lugar a dudas ,él será el próximo presidente…(ironías en el país de las maravillas)..y Humala compadrito..??? tranqui,el desaparecerá de la escena política,porque nunca fué, ni será alternativa, en un medio en dónde los que mandan tiénen trayectoria delincuencial…pero después de gobernar…no antes …
April 17th, 2006 @ 5:55 pm
odio a los psicoanalistas !!
April 18th, 2006 @ 7:25 am
A Toledo tambien le vamos a echar la culpa por Humala, como si la pobreza se pueda acabar en un gobierno?
Por culpa de Toledo, Peru no clasifico al mundial!
April 18th, 2006 @ 8:51 pm
Sebastian patina con roche y olvida que Julio Cotler ya había vaticinado hace dos años que Humala iba a sacar mas del 30% de los votos… o sea que el rumbo del gobierno toledista era claro, pero Sebas quiere saber mas que Cotler y The Economist
April 19th, 2006 @ 4:52 pm
tanto como el gran creador no se…q influyo, influyo…x ejm la cantidad de impresentables qu llegaron al gobierno con él y ya pex eso llega…cosa q fácil va a pasar con OHT tambien…tampoco es q toledo lo haya buscado…es mas conociendo lo poco previsor q es este tipo facil ni lo penso…