Political Scientist @GVAGrad_AHDC @GVAGrad
Orgullosamente @RedPolitologas
Tomo mate, escribo cosas y hago #podcasts
The will of the people https://t.co/iFE7wT6DuQ
May 10, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Some people says the Chilean process is the worst among the ones addressed to replace constitutions in turbulent times. I wonder which criteria is used to base such an assessment. First of all, the process is ongoing, so **we still don’t know**. 1/
Second, when comparing with past some facts should be considered. In #Venezuela and #Ecuador constitutions were under control of the government, so huge majorities imposed rules. In Ecuador 2008, before arriving to this point there were crazy interventions. We studied it👇2/
May 19, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Some voices claim that #Chile will follow Venezuela’s path in the constitutional convention. Nonsense. Two key differences: 1) the referendum to approve the convention in Venezuela was not agreed and gave rise to legal disputes 2) the ‘Chavismo’ controlled 92% of the seats.
In #Chile, the plebiscite to initiate the process was the result of social pressure answered by a pact between the main parties and after the election, last week is clear that nobody has the power to ‘impose’ its agenda.
Jul 31, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Si el estallido social en Chile en 2019 hizo saltar por los aires la idea (muy cuestionada por muchos, igualmente) de que era un modelo de democracia liberal, ahora la pandemia ha hecho saltar por los aires ‘el milagro económico peruano’. 1/6
La economía que más creció en la región a lo largo de las últimas décadas llegó a la pandemia con 150 camas en unidades de emergencia para 30 millones de habitantes. Paula Muñoz, Martín Tanaka y Adriana Urrutia lo analizaron. 2/6 bit.ly/2P7L6HY