Will Obama’s Charisma Be Enough To Move Forward?

Published in El Mundo
(El Salvador) on 7 November 2012
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Translated from by Alan Bailey. Edited by Eric Schallock.
On Tuesday, Barack Obama won his re-election and reiterated his promises of change, revitalization of the troubled U.S. economy, and improvement in the lives of the middle class and minorities, who favored him overwhelmingly with their votes.

However, Obama will need more than the charisma that allowed him to win the election with his many good speeches. The United States faces one of the worst economic crises in its history, and many of the promises from his first term have been dashed.

That is how it’s been with the promised comprehensive immigration reform. On the contrary, deportations have increased considerably, and in El Salvador we receive thousands of our fellow citizens each month.

The danger is that hope for, and great expectations of, Obama will result in frustration and disappointment. Obama has lacked the capacity for understanding and suffers a political blockade from his opponents in the legislature. The election results for Congress and the Senate will force him to negotiate with the Republicans.

The U.S.'s deficit problems and its spending cuts could harm economic growth, and our exported products and the payments that we receive will, without a doubt, be affected. The United States continues to face critical times, and its sneezes cause serious sickness in El Salvador due to our enormous economic dependency.


¿Le bastará el carisma a Obama para salir adelante?
Miércoles 7, noviembre 2012 | 7:27 pm

Hace falta más que el carisma de Barack Obama para hacer un buen Gobierno y sacar a Estados Unidos de la grave crisis económica que enfrenta.

Barack Obama ganó el martes su reelección y reiteró sus promesas de cambio, de revitalización de la derruida economía estadounidense y de mejorar la vida de la clase media y de las minorías que lo favorecieron abrumadoramente con su voto.

Pero a Obama le hará falta algo más que el carisma que lo ha llevado a ganar elecciones con su carga de buena oratoria. Estados Unidos afronta una de las peores crisis económicas de su historia y muchas de las promesas de su primer período se han desvanecido.

Así ha sido con la prometida reforma migratoria integral y, por el contrario, las deportaciones han venido en notable aumento y en El Salvador recibimos mensualmente a miles de compatriotas.

El peligro es que la esperanza y las enormes expectativas sobre Obama deriven en frustración y desilusión. A Obama le ha faltado capacidad de entendimientos y sufre un bloqueo político de sus adversarios en el Poder Legislativo. Los resultados en el Congreso y el Senado le obligarán a negociar con los republicanos.

Los problemas deficitarios de Estados Unidos y sus recortes del gasto podrían afectar el crecimiento económico y nuestros productos exportados y las remesas que recibimos se verán afectadas sin duda. Estados Unidos sigue afrontando momentos críticos y sus estornudos nos causan graves gripes en El Salvador, debido a nuestra enorme dependencia económica.
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