Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net
The main leaders of the international democratic left met last weekend in Villa del Mar, Chile, to discuss solutions to the global financial crisis. The meeting was so important, that was attended by the prime ministers of Britain and Spain, as well as the presidents of Brazil, Chile and United States vice president, among others.
For us, something very positive of this summit is that it showed that center-left is addressing the contemporary humanity's problems with professionalism and democratic orientation, because they talked about issues like public expenditure, renewable energies, poverty, democracy, trade and better market regulations to avoid further crisis. Quite relevant matters that were treated with the required seriousness.
Two important issues were highlighted by Bachelet and Zapatero, who warned to avoid the temptation of protectionism and populism. In this regard, we believe that the remark on protectionism was an alert to the industrialized countries that are taking measures to fight imports.
While in regard to the warning about populism, this was indeed an indirect criticism of the anti-democratic model of Venezuela and its allies in the region, hoping thereby to dissuade other countries from following the path of Hugo Chavez. In fact, organizers don't sent invitations to Venezuela, Cuba or Bolivia, which shows the democratic left's disagreement with these countries' political models.
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