The Sun Will Shine in Argentina

The Sun Will Shine in Argentina

 

“When you win, you don't get carried away. But if you go step by step, with confidence, you can go far.”

 Diego Maradona

By: Erreh Svaia

Argentina has a golden chance on November 22, the chance to make a new historic turn and become the starting point to change the whole face of America, a chance to defeat that “Socialismo del Siglo XXI” that dilapidated the richness of the natural resources and got crazy spending lots of money in the middle of the raw materials bonanza, America should consider a whole new different strategy, as America enters a new and difficult stage next year, Mauricio Macri the right wing candidate has, in case he wins a tough road ahead, as he must demonstrate that there is life in Argentina beyond “Peronism” (as in Mexico we have to demonstrate that there is life after the “PRI” and “Revolution”), he must regain people´s trust in democracy, especially the young, and put special attention to corruption, an issue that for example in Guatemala, after people´s nuisance towards common politician, has put power on the hands of an unexperienced comedian, Jimmy Morales.  

Argentina has the chance to bury once again the shadow of Peronism, this time represented by the Kichnerism after more than a decade of it, a populist left wing government that has buried Argentina's prosperity and competitiveness with an irresponsible and malicious patronage system, wasting the country reserves in social programs created to increase society dependence on the government, weakening the country competitive side and isolating them from the rest of the world, in November 22, if the Argentinean people turn their back on populist Kichnerism, major events will happen in quick succession ending finally with a big part of the populist tide that weakened the country and that contributed to our economic backwardness.

That opportunistic left wing that seized power in Latin America after the fall of the USSR, taking Brazil and Venezuela as its key points to build on its advance,  that foolishly took China's impressive growth as a lifesaver,  exchanging oil and raw materials in order to financially back up it's political maneuvers designed by none other than Fidel Castro,  Lula Da Silva and Hugo Chavez,  that left,  today looks like it is on its final stages,  with sudden Cuba change of plans,  looking to become a dictatorship South Asia style,  with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in the middle of a big political crisis after the Petrobras corruption scandals,  and the Venezuela government of Nicolas Maduro,  Chavez' successor falling apart and becoming something close to a nightmarish version of Cuba,  it seems that more than ever, this is the moment for a big turn of direction, that is if left wing candidate Mauricio Macri is able to defeat Scioli (the candidate and heir of Kichnerism) and becomes the next president of Argentina.

Is imperative for Macri to reactivate as soon as possible Argentina's economy, make Argentina attractive to foreign investors once again by building confidence, give a big impulse to education and innovation, another issue forgotten in Argentina; He also must not forget the importance of the social side,  which becomes the principal issue left behind by right wing governments,  Macri must move to the center in order to cover enough ground in order to close doors for populist Peronism to ever come back,  generating richness for the country is a must but he should not forget the efficient distribution of it,  and another important issue, he must enable people thru education to become more productive and to head towards innovation,  Macri's government,  in case he wins,  must move forward from being a mere supplier of raw materials and depend on other countries growth (in Argentina´s case, China and Brazil),  to start developing added value products for the upcoming economy of knowledge.

The big turn in Latin America is now, it starts today.