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2021: social tension to the limit

2021-03-05T23:46:29.366Z


Increases in poverty, unemployment and inequality paint a bleak global outlook, especially for Latin America


Business employees protest in front of the Ministry of Labor in Lima, Peru, on March 1st.Martin Mejia / AP

2019 was considered, by most

international

think tanks

and the global media, as “the year of protests”.

Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Hong Kong and Lebanon were some of the many countries with massive protests.

Some mobilizations with different triggers, such as the increase in the subway ticket or the WhatsApp tax, which acted as sparks that ignited in a highly emotionally flammable society.

The dust ...

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