North American Consensus

Published in El Universo
(Ecuador) on 23 February 2009
by Editorial (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Joseph Locatelli. Edited by Louis Standish.
The president of the United States has had success in achieving Congress’ approval for his plan to face the financial crisis in his country. In just the last three months, one and a half million North American workers lost their jobs, making this achievement vital to Barack Obama’s administration. Furthermore, he knows that the world will be attentive as the luck of the world economy will depend in great measure on what occurs in America.

For critics in all parts of the world, left or right, perhaps this is not the best plan, but they must recognize that it was the result of a wide consensus in which every side had to make concessions.

For those impatient ones, this is too much. They don’t want to wait. They don’t understand that if this open attitude is conserved, then with the same method they will be able to make all the perfections that they require in the future.

After all, this is how democracies function: listening and refining.


El nuevo Primer Mandatario de Estados Unidos ha tenido éxito al conseguir que se apruebe en el Congreso su plan para enfrentar la crisis financiera de su país. Solo en los últimos tres meses un millón y medio de trabajadores norteamericanos perdieron su empleo, por lo que este logro era vital para la administración del presidente Barack Obama. Él sabe, además, que el orbe estará atento, ya que la suerte de la economía mundial dependerá en gran medida de lo que ocurra en la Unión Americana.

Para los críticos de la derecha y la izquierda en todo el mundo quizás este no sea el mejor plan, pero incluso ellos deberán reconocer que es resultado de un amplio consenso, en el que todas las partes hicieron concesiones.

Para los impacientes, eso es demasiado. No desean esperar. No comprenden que si esa actitud de apertura se conserva, entonces en el futuro se podrán hacer, con el mismo método, todas las perfecciones que hagan falta.

Así funcionan las democracias, después de todo: escuchando y puliendo.
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