Nicolás Eyzaguirre was director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) between 2008 and 2012. The economist spent years in the front line of politics as Minister of Finance of Ricardo Lagos (2000-2006) and in the second period of Michelle Bachelet (2014-2018) He says that when the country grew at rates of 5% or 6%, although there was inequality and the gaps were not shortened, "there was the prospect of a better tomorrow"