The contribution of communal leaders like Carter does not exactly contribute to joining forces, coordinating community initiatives and activating the social fabric, the only tools that the towns have to confront the underworld. For people like the “popular” Floridian mayor, the “only solution” would be to implement the State of Exception in the Metropolitan Region and for the military to take to the streets to repress with their weapons of war. To reach that extreme, nothing better than the imaginative contributions of the mayor in question, a Chilean television star.
José Luis Córdova. Journalist. “The century”. Santiago. 9/1/2024. The mayor of La Florida, Rodolfo Carter, outdid himself and reminded us of the character Barnabás Collins in the classic North American series “Dark Shadows”, displacing Carlos Pinto himself with his programs “Mea culpa” and “El día least thought of” , fueling insecurity and instilling fear in the population by leaving – according to him – horrified last week from a meeting with the metropolitan governor Claudio Orrego.
The communal chief, famous for his telegenicity and ease of sneaking into all types of spaces in front of the cameras, thus contributes to the right-wing campaign against measures for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of brutal homicides, organized crime and drug trafficking.
Suspiciously, these social scourges were present in the country starting with the military dictatorship and during the right-wing governments that the Florida mayor defends with so much enthusiasm and describes the state of the situation as “terrifying,” rejecting emigration with xenophobia, blaming everyone. evils to migrants and turning their anti-trafficking “campaigns” into mere shows televisions.
As if Piñera’s promises of open arms in Cúcuta – Colombia’s border – did not unleash the mass exodus of Venezuelan citizens to our country, thanks to which honest, hard-working people and also others arrived.
The channels openly compete in the coverage of cruel murders, monitoring of criminal gangs, openly leaving aside – for example – cases such as the sexual abuse of minors that keeps the father of the president of the UDI, Senator Javier Macaya, and the father in prison. of the convicted Martín Pradenas for similar crimes. It would seem in bad taste to talk about it.
“The Aragua train” and drug traffickers are a reality, not only in Chile, but throughout the continent and the only way to confront them – not eliminate them completely (which is an illusion) – is with education, attention to the sectors most vulnerable in society, reduce inequalities, provide job opportunities to young people and social policies that must necessarily be financed with taxes on the richest and large companies. All measures that are systematically opposed by the political sector that supports Carter in Florida.
Rodolfo Carter does not miss the morning programs of all the channels and if he is not invited, he prepares spectacular montages in his commune to show his “effectiveness” in the “persecution of crime” that, in his words, will be eradicated in Florida. As if this were really possible.
Characters like this are the ones who use the media to become popular, populist and build a political future based on deception, the disqualification of their opponents and – above all – the most intemperate attacks on government authorities.
Unfortunately, Chilean television – in its competitive desire – resorts to former representatives of right-wing governments, to the current opposition to the Government of President Boric, to encourage feelings of insecurity and fear in the face of the brutality of crime – not exclusively foreign – that devastates neighborhoods and streets of our cities.
Television and social networks contribute to naturalizing criminal situations, showing minors wearing watches and stolen high-end cars as “trophies” of which they can boast publicly in total impunity.
The contribution of councilors like Carter does not exactly contribute to joining forces, coordinating community initiatives and activating the social fabric, the only tools that people have to confront the underworld. For people like the “popular” Floridian mayor, the “only solution” would be to implement the State of Exception in the Metropolitan Region and for the military to take to the streets to repress with their weapons of war. To reach that extreme, nothing better than the imaginative contributions of the mayor in question, a Chilean television star.
TVN as a public channel, now headed by former PPD minister Francisco Vidal, should lead a crusade to guide police information without encouraging morbidity or “panda el cunico”, but to really empower social organizations, neighborhood associations and municipalities well. intentional in search of practical and effective solutions to face cruel enemies and not play into the hands of characters of dubious reputation.
2024-02-13 11:12:42
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