Argentina is experiencing a year-end that breaks with a long tradition of crises, protests and economic shocks. For José María Rodríguez SarachagaLanguage analyst, in dialogue with Channel EThe current calm is undeniable and must be analyzed from a historical perspective. “The Senate thing is nothing compared to other years.“, he claimed, recalling that previous governments also faced social unrest, looting and serious conflict in December.
The analyst emphasized that there have been episodes of extreme social tension in recent years. “There were year ends with looting, with gendarmerie operations, with problems in Bariloche; nothing this year“, he noted. At the same time, he highlighted an important economic fact: “It’s the only December I remember where the dollar was ironed from the first to the 31st, I can’t remember any other“, a stock market stability that is unprecedented in recent history.
Governance, elections and political control
Rodríguez Sarachaga He explained that one of the central factors for this calm climate was the election results. “In general, a government that is in office and earns well has a quieter end to the year“, he explained. In this sense, he compared the current situation with previous experiences: “Macri won the midterm elections and within 20 days had the big mortar in Congress“, he remembered.
Today the scenario is different. “They won and after 20 days the laws that are being discussed today for the final sanction are half the sanction“, he noted, emphasizing the ability of the ruling party to make legislative progress. However, he did not stop criticizing the level of parliamentary debate: “There is a coming and going that is peculiar to freshmen; We were more polite the first year“, he ironized.
The decline of forms and the break of 2001
For the analyst, the deterioration of political dialogue is not an isolated phenomenon. “All over the world, not just in Argentina, there is a deterioration in customs and customs” he explained, linking the phenomenon to a general decline in cultural standards.
However, he stressed that the collapse in the country after the 2001 crisis was even deeper. “From 2001 onwards we experienced a much worse decline“, he assured, recalling the social impact of the exit from convertibility.”This led to a huge collapse in society: there were people who became rich overnight and people who lost everything.“, he explained.
Finally, he summarized the institutional damage that this period had left behind: “We had seven presidents in one week“, a brand that loudly Rodríguez Sarachagacontinues to determine the quality of Argentine politics.
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