End of the Kingdom
It was impossible to imagine such a disastrous end to a government as the one we are witnessing. If we already had the terrible end of President Michelle Bachelet's second term (her first administration was infinitely better) etched in our minds and memories, what we are witnessing these days is nightmarish. Every day brings another act of recklessness, a public policy mistake, a reprehensible government decision, or simply a blunder. I am not unaware that the media is shifting its editorial line to the right in anticipation of the arrival of the new president, José Antonio Kast, nor am I blind to the obvious: the Boric administration is about to be demolished. There are three reasons for this demolition. The first is the youth of the outgoing leader: barely 40 years old with a useful political life expectancy of more than a quarter of a century. The second refers to the collective agent that played a leading role in this outgoing government: a “new left” that arrived emboldened and is...
