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| A Rocky Ride for Peru [One man's opinion] |
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Dennis L. Siluk |
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I suppose I’m as updated on Peruvian politics as anyone else in Peru, I’ve been following it for six-years, and my wife is from Peru, who has lived there for 40-years out of 46 of her life. And from what I see, hear, and have learned in the past (experienced), and talking to other Peruvian’s we are all in for a Rocky ride in the coming months and years.
Let me explain: Peru just elected ex president, called Alan Garcia, the very one who robbed the country in 1985-1990. He ran off to spend the money in other countries, and lived high off the hog, when 10-years elapsed, he came back—perhaps broke, looking for a new job; anyone in Peru, older than 30, it is hard to find a job. He said he was sorry and would not do that carp again. Being sorry, and forgiving is the Christian way, but giving him the key to the national safe deposit box, is a little daring, don’t you think.
What is hard to believe is: there were 20-to-100-canadates running for President, and he was elected, my god, what is the problem here? As a counselor I always told my clients: it is healthier to trust than not to trust another person, but when the person has proven to be untrustworthy, trusting him is foolish; that is insane behavior. Perhaps he will make good of his comments (he promises many things, as Toledo did, and every other person running for president in this land), and want to die with a nice tombstone over his head as being a fine and trusting president; one that says he was not the worse robber in Peru, I don’t know. But when a client tells me his character and behavior has changed, I always ask: what have you done to change it, and believe it or not, it is a very hard question, when you have done nothing but talk. Talking is nothing, it is walking the walk that counts; I like to hear all the great effort a person has done to modify his way of reasoning things out, if not, what makes you think he will be for the betterment of Peru; perhaps the betterment for himself. I expect he will bring Peru back down to its knees, like he did long ago; but I hope I am wrong: we will all give him 100-days to prove us doubters wrong.
Now, how about Ollanta Humala (and his lovely, estranged wife), he was the frisky tough guy who said he was going to turn Peru upside down, and inside out, and we’d all come out better for it (now he looks like a hurt pup, the puppet of Chavez)) his own party has deserted him; a loud mouth from the military; with an over inflated ego)).
I think the people of Peru had little choice at the end of this long ordeal, this mess: they had to pick out the best of the worse, but how did they get to that dilemma? Everyone said: Ollanta didn’t mean what he said; every time he made a statement to kill gays, and modify the foreign contracts, and god knows what else; he was like a roller costar with his arrogance. All the poor of Peru expected a chicken roasted on their doorsteps if he got elected, and a giant plate of Lomo Saltado in their cocina (kitchen). Not sure where they got this image from, Ollanta, was taking trips to Paris, and living in five-star hotels during this process; I imagine he would have carried on the same kind of life style once president, and the only thing the poor would find in their casa’s would be rats from Venezuela. Perhaps no one in Peru looks to close to anything, and the candidates know this.
Alejandro Toledo, the current President, said the other day when he had his personal crowed around him, who have been glorifying him as the savior of Peru for the past month: I can’t stay, or run for president, it is the law. The truth of the matter was far from his lips. Like so many politicians in Peru (and South America), they are too close to the forest to see the depth and agony of their people: lest they don’t give a damn, and most don’t; for two months he has been surrounded these well-wishers; he’s had no time for much else, but to take his pats on the back. But he could run for President had he wished to, had his party wanted him to: actually he is getting booted out of office.
But the reality of it is this: he gave jobs to Chile, and other countries at the expense of Peru, and thus, took many jobs away from his own citizens; he will be remembered for this. In addition, he took a survey, and found out he would not be reelected, because he had the right to run again, but as I have already said: no one wanted him. What he is doing now is setting him self up for a fancy position after he gets kicked out of office. There are fewer jobs now in Peru, than in Alberto Fujimori’s time: that is a fact. Toledo said he is leaving the country with zero inflation, and in good condition: a balanced budget. This may be true, but on the other hand there are more robbers and beggars on the streets, less taxpaying citizens because of no jobs: the rich don’t pay taxes because they say they don’t have the money, and they get away with it, it is all in the banks in the Cayman Islands. Actually, Toledo has done more work in his office these past two months than in the past five years.
He said he didn’t fly around spending money like crazy, as his precedes did; this is perhaps true, but his wife did travel a lot up to a month ago; she flew around the world pretending to be some kind of ambassador for Peru; showing up at the rich and famous parties, and houses (a show at the museum to justify her trip). What Toledo needs to do is get off his high horse and become a human being (Harvard had done him more harm than good); he thinks he is a Greek God as he’d like to be I’m sure. What he needed to do was put the common folk around him, not the selected group, paid to bow and groom his ego.
Now who should be president: my vote goes for Keiko in the next elections when I will be a full-blooded gringo-Inca. |
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