Launch of the book “El hastío” by Daniel Matamala
- Plaza Ñuñoa, Ñuñoa.
- Friday, March 1 – 5:10 p.m..
Four years after the agreement that would forever change the history of Chile, that of November 2019, we are at the same point,” says Daniel Matamala in the introduction to this book.
“Like children who see ghosts in the shadows of the night, we end up sheltering under the antiquated and rickety blanket of the current Constitution.”
In the following pages, Matamala reviews the most dizzying years of our contemporary history. It breaks down the two failed constituent processes, warns of the rise of the extreme right, denounces the persistence of the power of big money and corruption, warns about the degradation of the political debate, explains the setbacks of President Gabriel Boric’s government and delves into the wounds open to 50 years since the 1973 coup. “A trip that has cost us dearly,” concludes the author.
Because “although the horizon remains at the same distance as before, we no longer want to go out and look for it. Because wandering tired us, the path defeated us, our hope was exhausted. “We were overcome by boredom.” But there are also lights: milestones such as the 2023 Pan American Games show a path to, from the most diverse ways of being Chileans, build a new sense of community, a renewed “we.”
Presented by: Diana Aurenque
