The crossing of Moreno to Unasur

The Lenin Ecuador Moreno called for the final exit of Unasur, the South American regional organization created in 2008 in Brazil. After Colombia, it is the second country to claim these characteristics. It turns out that Iván Duque, the dolphin of Alvaro Uribe, could naturally expect something like this, seen and considered his conception of Latin America and the world: Moreno , however, came to the government with the votes of Rafael Correa, then made a frantic turn, which led him to join the International Monetary Fund, to recognize and receive the self-proclaimed Venezuelan President, Juan Guaidó, and to be a flag bearer of the end of Unasur.

The news is another step in the long process of deteriorating an organization that has not been Secretary General since the departure of former Colombian President Ernesto Samper. Why is Ecuador the leader of the push, beyond Moreno's convert, who seems to follow the orders of others? Because it is the country that houses the building of Mitad del Mundo where Unasur worked daily. And then, the instrumentalization also appears: the criticism of "the socialism of the 21st century" by Moreno at the time of the announcement, alleging a supposed ideologization of a block where a conservative president like Sebastián Piñera participated with an absolute natural, seeking to make domestic politics in the face of the dramatic situation of Venezuela facing the elections of mayors and prefects to be held on 24 March in Ecuador.

Some time ago, Lenin became Moreno. Those who in the past considered their electoral victory as a possible brake on the conservative advance in the region should make a severe self-criticism, as Correa must, who pbaded the presidential band and resists today the attacks of his exiled former dolphin. bitter. from Brussels. Finally, Moreno, advised by Durán Barba, finally implemented an internal and external policy very similar to that of Mauricio Macri: rescue of the IMF and reorientation of the foreign policy in direct alignment with Washington, adjustment of the structure of the State, including dismantling of ministries; and a strong intimidation policy against opposition sectors. "There is nothing to show on the economic level, at least impose a firmness" seems to be the transversal axis in the last interventions of the two leaders, up to the cries: de the revolution of joy to fury, the drift of macrismo-Leninism.

A separate paragraph is worthy of Moreno's announcement concerning the removal of the monument to Néstor Kirchner from the headquarters of Unasur named after the former Argentine president: it is the faith of the convert brought to its maximum expression, and absolute contempt for the memory of a politician who, under the general secretariat of the bloc, concluded the historic Cartagena agreement between Hugo Chávez and Juan Manuel Santos, avoiding a possible conflict of war that would amount to uribism. The Moreno thrust, projected outside Ecuador, not only wants to bring Unasur, but also the long integrationist legacy that our countries and peoples have had for two centuries.

* UBA political scientist. Master in Latin American Social Studies