The privileges of the ruling elite and the subordination of the country to imperialist interests are crossing preventing necessary socio–economic transformations, in order to have a more democratic, just and inclusive Colombia. As in Argentina, in the country the loans of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), support pro–imperialist governments, but enslave and sink governments that seek to interpret popular interests. Now in Colombia the payment of Foreign Debt absorbs much of the Current Expenditure, consuming resources of the government that were supposed to be used to pay the Social Debt. Another component of the state expenditure that is huge, is the one that they use to sustain the war machine, aimed at pursuing and eliminating the Internal Enemy, which in turn is a fundamental piece of the imperialist war design for the region. Both expenditures meet U.S. designs and to break with them, involves making a pulse with such power, that it would only be successful as a result of the integration of efforts of Latin American and Caribbean nations.
The continuity of the application of the neoliberal dogma in the country, is the one that maintains tax exemptions and public policies in favor of the megarich, while unloading the burden of taxes on the middle and lower layers of society; favoring parasitic capital, which contrasts with the meagre support for national production. Tragedy that is a consequence of global capitalism, which enriches the megarich without limit, while exacerbating impoverishment, exclusion and social inequality. In the search for solutions to the national crisis, there is the contribution made by thousands of representatives from different sectors and from all regions of the country, who invited to participate in peace building, elaborated proposals collected by the Table of Dialogues between the national government and the ELN, named as Agreement 28, where society is called to debate and propose changes to the political regime, economic model, environmental policy, culture and education.
“This Agreement is a step forward and an important step towards a social and political alliance, towards a Grand National Agreement, understood as a way and route to remove violence from politics in Colombia and solve the multiple problems that the country is experiencing in order to move towards peace. We reiterate that the democratizing transformations aim to overcome the armed conflict, solving its political, economic and social causes”: Agreement 28.
From: ELN