The shocking outbreak of a successful model that leaves a legion of disappointed

Moreover, this year, when its economy open to foreign trade will only suffer the slowdown in the global economy, the expected growth is 2.5% and inflation, 2% per year, numbers that envy almost every envy. country of the region, not to mention an Argentina out of control. At the same time, poverty measured by income fell to 8.6%. For many, however, all of this seems inadequate today.

Jaime Abedrapo Rojas, Director of the School of Government of the University of San Sebastián (USS), Financial field from Santiago who "The analysis must be complete. For decades, the Chilean social fabric has been eroded. This ranges from the lack of representativeness of political parties – which has motivated the emergence of social movements channeling discontent – to the discovery of a split society. "

According to the analyst, "On one side, there are those who love growth and modernity and, on the other, those who pay everything on credit, from health to university."

In fact, according to a study from the Universidad San Sebastián and Equifax, one in three adult Chilean has debts that he can not solve and that he has to continually refinance. It is an inevitable product of a system in which access to secondary and higher education has been expanded since the student uprisings of 2006 and 2011, but not at the end of the gratuity and in which health is equally costly and governed by market rules The role of young people in the events of these days is revealing in this respect.

The problem concerns middle-income Chileans, many of whom have been saved from poverty by the same economic model that forbids them today to take the other steps towards the personal progress they promised. The average income of Chileans reached 400,000 pesos a month last year (560 dollars or 33,000 Argentine pesos at the current exchange rate) and half of the workers in the country were below that figure. It is also affected by retirees from an individual funded plan in which the majority retires with wages below a minimum wage of $ 400. The figures may seem better than they really are for an Argentine reader whose income is devalued, but they are insufficient to escape the endless debt cycle in a more expensive country today, like the brother.

The 3.75% increase in the subway fare seems to be a weak explanation for such an outbreak. The problem is perhaps best illustrated by the fact that the ticket is the most expensive in the region (1.17 USD or 70 Argentine pesos) and that the poorest spend almost 30% of their income on transportation for work.

"There is an orphan situation against those who have concentrated capital. What is visible, in reality, is the AFP system, health insurance against a deficient public health, private academic careers that unilaterally charge what they want and which are poorly regulated, a public education of poor quality … and a terrific etc. "A problem for the current authorities, which had not been taken for granted in the student uprisings of 2006 and 2011, who respectively exploited Michelle Bachelet and Piñera, is the current lack of references with which to negotiate

"It is extremely difficult because no politician or social actor can represent" those who protest, explained the USS professor.

In parallel, ask who is on the other side of the counter to try a form of reconciliation. Andres CruzDoctor of Laws from the University of Salamanca and holder of a Master's degree in Political Science, Security and Defense from the National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE), he told this newspaper that "we are confronted with a totally perplexed, outdated government that does not seem to understand what is happening and opts for military repression instead of proposing a political solution ".

"The presence of the army in the streets has only pushed for greater citizen participation. Segregation of seeds, resentment, disobedience of crops and popular protest, "concluded Cruz.