RE: RE: South America convulses.
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Latin America is an area with quite a history of political instability, I still remember the question that there was a year when a country in the region had 3 or 4 four presidents ... and all due to military uprisings . Although I did not find it funny, I have to give Cantinflas credit for having made it seem like a laugh, in his film "His Excellency" (1967)

But, it is not necessary to go very far back to find even in the 21st century that there was a strong economic crisis that led one of our neighbors to have about 3 presidents in a matter of a couple of years, being that they either resigned or deposited them.

What do we need to have greater stability? A change in policies may be necessary, to put aside so much populism, to try to control shameless corruption, to show (or at least pretend very well) an interest in the welfare of the population and their social and economic improvement.

But, the political caste has already assumed the most negative features of populist politics as part of its "cultural heritage" and removing so many decades (centuries in some cases) of misconduct is a task that goes from difficult to impossible.