Sociedades enojadasbuscando las bases para nuevos acuerdos democráticos en América Latina

Resumen

Why are latin american societies so angry? Over the past few months, thousands of citizens are taking to the streets in Latin America to protest against decisions they consider unfair. They demand a change of direction of the governments but also a new way of relating to their institutions. The objective of this article is to address this anger, to investigate what its roots are and to raise how it has been interpreted in Latin America. To do this, first, anger is characterized as public emotion and its relationship with democracy is established. Then, the two main diagnoses that have been made in the region are presented: an institutional one that has the Open Government as main response, the other structural and aimed at strengthening the social contract. Next, new analysis keys are offered to contextualize the latest manifestations and understand their particularities. And finally, a series of mechanisms and alternatives of action are proposed to channel anger through public dialogue and reach new democratic agreements.