De la década perdida al hundimiento de América Latina

Abstract

Los signos de bienestar en América Latina eran desalentadores y la covid-19 terminó de encender todas las alarmas. En 2019, a siete meses de que la palabra pandemia fuera noticia, se anunciaba que estábamos a las puertas de una nueva década perdida. No hubo que esperar. La Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL) acaba de anunciar un retroceso a una década atrás, la pobreza alcanzará a unas 230 millones de personas, más de un tercio de la población, a casi cien mil en extrema pobreza y a unas 44 millones en el desempleo.

The signs of well-being in America Latina were discouraging and covid-19 finished turning on all the alarms. In 2019, seven months after the word pandemic was news, it was announced that we were at the gates of a new lost decade. There was no waiting. The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) has just announced a decline to a decade ago, poverty will reach about 230 million people, more than one third of the population, to almost 100,000 in extreme poverty and some 44 million in Unemployment.