Comments on: The impact of the pandemic on Latin America’s relations with China https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-latin-americas-relations-with-china/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-latin-americas-relations-with-china an observatory of Asian economic power Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Dr. Jorge Malena https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-latin-americas-relations-with-china/#comment-69 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:31:55 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1181#comment-69 In reply to Наталья.

In Peru, in mid September, President Vizcarra was on the brink of dismissal, after Congress admitted a motion for vacancy (impeachment). By early August Peru had surpassed 20,000 deaths from COVID-19. This country (of 33 million inhabitants) is third in Latin America in positive cases and deaths from the virus, behind Brazil and Mexico.

With regards El Salvador, according to a poll published on May 24 by the Salvadoran daily La Prensa Gráfica, 92.5% approve of the work done by President Bukele during his first year in office. But the main achievement of these 12 months in office is the drastic reduction in violent deaths (4.1 homicides a day), well below the average of 12.6 that his predecessor Salvador Sánchez Cerén had in the same period. So it’s not a matter of an efficient management of the pandemics.

]]> By: Наталья https://asiapowerwatch.com/the-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-latin-americas-relations-with-china/#comment-50 Fri, 09 Oct 2020 16:48:32 +0000 https://asiapowerwatch.com/?p=1181#comment-50 This coronavirus pandemic is a litmus test for Latin American leadership. Poor management of the pandemic could end up having very serious political consequences for the presidents and for democracy. Yet at the same time, in those countries in which the response has been correct and timely, the presidents see their levels of support rising (Vizcarra in Peru and Bukele in El Salvador, to cite just two examples). In a second group of countries the measures adopted by the presidents have helped reduce the degree of polarization and facilitate agreements between the government and the opposition, which until recently had seemed impossible to achieve (Fernandez and the opposition in Argentina). And in a third group the pandemic could offer the governments?—if they act effectively and sensibly?—an opportunity to overcome the social and political crises they face, reconnect with the citizenry, seek agreements, and change programs (Pinera in Chile). Obviously, all these assessments can change quickly.

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