The panelists pointed out that before COVID 19 there was already a general unrest in the world that was reflected, among many other manifestations, in the wave of protests in 2019.

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In the virtual panel, the professors of the University of Cauca: Carlos Corredor, doctor in Anthropology, Raúl Cortés Landázury, professor of Economics; Joel Ortega, professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Master in Political Science, Jairo Ortiz, reflected on the coronavirus crisis and the political, health, economic and social consequences, in addition to the regulatory, operational and administrative challenges that It can cause the virus to spread worldwide.

The exhibitors indicated that solidarity with the people affected by COVID 19 is very important throughout the country, especially with the victims in the department of Cauca, where in addition to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, the one generated by death is added of social leaders and the high marginality in most of its municipalities.

They pointed out that before COVID 19 there was already a general malaise in the world that was reflected, among many other manifestations, in the 2019 wave of protests, the product of a clear rejection of the economic model, the hegemony of the State and of the governments as guarantors of order and institutionality. In this sense, the economic commission for Latin America (ECLAC) warned last year that the fight against inequality was being lost.

"At the bottom of this global unease towards democracy, the State and the economic model, what is evidenced in a structural way is that we are facing a historical period of transition," said Professor Jairo Ortiz, who added that making the transition to new ways of thinking about power and politics, towards a new political system, and also moving towards the need to humanize the economy until neoliberalism comes to an end.

The five invited to this virtual dialogue, specified that the new world economy will be more regionalized, it will move towards a new society with many centers of power and polycentric, where the regions will play a fundamental role in this new global and of course national order.

They concluded that Latin America and the Caribbean, especially, will be in a critical situation. In 2019 it had grown at an estimated rate of just 0.1% and by 2020 a growth of 1.3% was expected. However, the projections have been revised downwards significantly in the current scenario. In ECLAC's perspective, a -1.8% contraction of the Gross Domestic Product GDP will be presented. This will cause unemployment in the region to rise by ten percentage points, which implies that of a total of 620 million inhabitants, the number of poor in the region rises from 185 to 220 million people, with extreme poverty could increase from 67.4 to 90 million, academics finally said.

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