La ciudadanía latinoamericana contra la democracia neoliberal: protestas, revueltas y reconfiguración política en el tiempo presente (1989-2019)

Abstract

The article propose to analyze to the social unrest in Latina American in the XXI century. We ask ourselves about the similarities and differences that they present to analyze the historical continuity that they represent. Our premise understands that although dissimilar, plural and temporarily disruptive, the current social conflict present connections that allow to draw a unity with respect to its meanings, establishing in its background an emancipatory practice, transformer and criticism of the current order. To do this, we analyze three specific cycles of social unrest, considering the cases of Argentine, Ecuador and Chile, at stopping at two specific areas; the event that triggers the mass protests and how is interpreted by the mobilized society through the analysis of the discourses and demands that we identify in each one of them. Second, observing the political reconfiguration that they potentially represent, considering some mechanisms of organization created during these cycles, and invite us to rethink the politics and democracy. The comparative perspective tries to construct a global reflection while the considered temporality invites us to think in a historical dimension the deep questioning of the fact hegemony that neoliberalism has established in the region, as well as the potential sensibilities, actors and values, which envision being facing a profound and inexorable change of time.