The
countries that make up Latin America are marked by inequality, unemployment,
exclusion, and poverty, and this has caused the loss of confidence in the
government. This reality is a consequence of inefficient policies which aims so
as to embrace globalization, but that don’t take into account the economic and
cultural indicators of the social problems mentioned above.
Further, it
should be mentioned that the income received from these decisions is not
significant either. In the best case, it causes a disproportionate growth among
the regions of each country. This is the trend of recent years; that has
confirmed a pretty unfortunate scenario in Latin America.
In this
way, the loss of legitimacy that public institutions go through is the result
of following foreign guidelines, which have not been shown so as to have the
same results. However, there are exceptions such as Costa Rica and Uruguay,
where approval rates on the performance of their democratic system exceed those
perceived in the European Union. This is an example of governments that have
managed to implement advanced social protection systems in order to obtain
better benefits.
In order to
discuss this problem, it is necessary to analyze its conceptual framework,
based on all the information at hand about its variables, causes, and
implications. This means that purely quantitative research must be complemented
by studying the cultural and sociological aspects of each country.
On the
other hand, it is alarming that the few achievements made come into conflict
with all kinds of obstacles that arise from the same government while limiting
the progress and development of a nation. Some of them are related to
corruption cases, where private interests come before the needs of the
community. This gets worse, when seeking to maintain a privileged situation,
leaders create institutions that supposedly aim to help citizens.
Another
social problem that characterizes many countries in Latin America is the
Organized Crime. In this way, some families that seek to get ahead in an honest
way have no way of facing the threats they receive, being forced to make
payments in order to ensure their safety. When trying to get help from the
police force that corresponds to their area, they meet with law enforcement
officers who actually work together with these mafias.
In
conclusion, it only remains to say that social problems are the result of
political systems that are plagued by corruption or that are incapable of
proposing effective reforms. Thus, they end up making and distributing misery,
which seriously affects people with fewer resources and perpetuates inequality.
People must understand their situation in order to identify these signs. If
most of the people of middle and lower class understood this situation, this
would not be a subject of debate so that it can be analyzed.
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