Let´s shut down Latin America

Let´s Shut Down Latin America

I am exhausted of feeling shame about our continent. Our land is great, our ladies gracious (exotic and charming to the point of creating a new level of pure beauty, above every other creature in the world), our spirit is strong and some people are even impulsive and bright – nevertheless – we are in the same path that has dragged us down for centuries.

It could be that we – a disgraced mix of races – are so determine to walk the path of self destruction that we are unable to think. Take our current drama stories that succumb in distorted views, we are victims of a mere delusion of socialist governments that create dreams that will never become reality. Just like the master of the universe created virtual wealth, Chavez and Co. create virtual prosperity.

That is why the first scar in our continent is Hugo Chavez. He has not just destroyed his country´s democracy; he has also created a despicable left wing thinking that poisons our continent. As he spews passé ideas the rest of the “no brain followers” replicate his same lame agenda in their own places.

Chavez may think he governs South America, parts of Central America and the Caribbean – even Castro is getting sick of this. Some of us think that he is just an unstable intolerant leader who is prompt to ignore de basics of democracy so he can be in power until the end of time. A self center egomaniac who tries to prove that he is the “man”, while bulling everyone who steps on his way.

Sounds familiar?

This is the type of leader that we like in our continent. A macho society that can´t tolerate weakness needs a macho leader that proves us that we are the “man”. When Pablo Ramos goes through life in his book “La ley de la Ferocidad” he does so by proving to everyone that he can – be successful. Falling in drug abuse and alcoholism he ends up being miserable at the same time that hi makes everyone miserable. The story told – in the beautiful Argentina – shows his tendency to be a womanizer and the irreplaceable corruption at all levels, presenting a society in decay that reflects how we treat and are treated when money matters more than life. The book is like a painting of Latin America, it intends to tell the story of Gabriel – the main character – but in doing that it also tells the story our a narcissist society that will not self endure, it will disappear.

Chavez pushed Cuba out of the dark bringing it to the spotlight as it took almost every country in the continent to a photo up magazine cover begging for Castro´s attention.

The left out?

The disgraced Rafael Correa of Ecuador.

Which bring us to this tiny country in the middle of Peru and Colombia. Correa is not only Chavez´s puppet, he is also his experiment. Since most other leaders are resolute to own their own agendas or at least get something back from Venezuela, Correa seems highly naïve to compel with Chavez´s will.

Correa may think he outsmart every other living creature in the world, which is sad because he may not be even above average. The sad story about him and Ecuador is that nothing this continent does, will take us out of this hell.

TIA may refer to a dangerous and inhumane place on earth. That continent may be the vivid image of human intolerance at a great scale. What we see in Latin America is at least a better version since we became a democracy. But the strong hopes of developing are nowhere to be seen – we may never get there.

The main reason is that we blame the US for all our problems, while the US thinks of us as their back yard. Unless we start blaming us for our own mistakes, we will never be able to overcome our simplicity.

Lugo – genteel and horny – may well have accomplished the first sex scandal this year. Not only he managed to pregnant several women, he may also be in legal trouble for doing it so to a minor. Way to go priests. At least he did nothing to children.

Morales and his coca leaf may last a month in peril of searching for a better suit constitution. This is the way our continent works, idiots become presidents, idiots keep them in power and then we complain that we have incompetent leaders.

The sad thing is that this so called leftist governments fawn to a dictatorship in Cuba. Instead of helping the Cuban people be free, they actually help the Castro´s infamous power. We – an oleaginous continent – have our evil doers depending on a incapable and lazy bunch of inhabitants that breathe in only to breathe out, they are prompted to believe that they only, are the righteous owners that should rule this continent forever.

So tangled is the core of our own mystery that the ail of millions of poor people becomes irrelevant when they cling to power. They all gather in these irrational meetings where we have become an obnoxious land of no ones. This gaga continent has become the pray of centuries of unpleasant existence. Our self deprecating art and harrowing movies are nothing more than the reflex of our lost ideas and low self stem.

We need laconic governments to provide more freedom. We need less constitution changes and much more individual liberties. Sadly we rather praise our own self destructive nature than acknowledge the wonders of individualism.

Latin America is a place where the party goes on and on. Gorgeous ladies destroy your will with a simple smile. A diversity of artists bring the world down to our rhythm – filling the lacunae in our daily lives.

But we still have no identity. This creates the perfect stage for chaotic governments that enable a masquerade to go on forever. When we became unhinged by the rhetorical questions our leaders asked, we let the precious fight of liberty go down the drain. Not only we have to fight ourselves in the search of new and innovative ways of governance, but in the process of doing so, we allowed the demons in our hearts to run rampant.

Latin American contribution to the world is less than impressive. While Asia is creating the new heavy weight champions while the US is slowly fading, we on the other hand run experimental democracies waiting for the perfect one to fit our needs.

Ortega, Correa, Chavez, Morales, Lugo, Castro, Fernández de Kirchner, all rule in third world countries with no real development to show for their socialist governments. Lula on the other hand is much more prepare and wiser than this other mediocre misbegotten leaders. He has the model that will be best to follow and he is not intimidated by anyone, so you can´t say that Brazil is a weak country just because he does not bully others.

If we are to learn anything from human history, is that we have to manage our own fate. If we let disastrous leaders run our economy we end up slaving our own future.

Although this may seem like the accurate way to go, geography matters more than before according to Robert D. Kaplan on his latest article published on Foreign Policy “The Revenge of Geography”. This could mean a lot of trouble to Latin America, which had a clear advantage over the US market for its proximity, now that Asia is growing as a super power we are in a clear path to be left behind. Asian poor nations plus Africa could provide China and other Asian nations with rough materials, in the mean time Latin America will still fight ideological ideas that go nowhere.
If geography will rule again, then opposing forms within the countries fighting the “threat” of globalization will rise – we face a new world order far away from us. Now it was fun thinking of the US as a superpower – that no matter what our leftist presidents said – was never going to invade anyone in our continent. Even more, most of our emigration was going to the north.

Now we have to emigrate all the way to Asia?

Sorry to say but that will really be a problem.

It will be better if this economic crisis turns out to be just like others in our recent history, and that the US may still hold huge power for decades to come.

The US may be immerse in the worst economic crisis in decades, but they sure know how to get out of it; and that is not at the hand of their government. They will do so trusting their own individual capabilities. It is time that we search our destiny doing the same.

In the mean time lest stop the experiments, bring back our dignity and get some decent leaders. If we lose our geographical advantage, then we will have nothing left to offer to the world and we will be the next Africa, where no good is created, and places like Darfur show us just how horrendous humans really are.