 The right has been making inroads over the last three or four years, country after country, continent after continent and they did it by raising the banner of the fight against corruption. And we are going to drain the swamp. Neoliberal orthodoxy claims that by straightening the state, socialists and welfare state ideologies are conducive to corruption. This line was used in Latin America by Juan Orlando Hernandez, Moreno Macri and Bolsonaro, all of whom have embraced extreme versions of neoliberalism after accusing left governments of systematic corruption. But now the right is in just a matter of weeks on the defensive, in large part due to massive protests against corruption and austerity measures, but other factors as well such as its inability to seize power from Maduro in Venezuela and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, the impeachment process against Trump, its number one ally and the majority supporting the U.S. for the impeachment inquiry according to the service. Also of paramount importance is the renewed search of the left and electoral contest with the reelection of Evo Morales in Bolivia and the almost certain triumph of the Fernandez duo in the forthcoming elections in Argentina. In Latin America, people in mass numbers are saying no to neoliberal formulas and corruption. Reactionary governments are responding with state of emergency, curfews, weapons and other forms of repression. What is happening now shows that there is no correlation between leftist power and corruption. As the right has been preaching for many decades, if there is a correlation is between the right governments and corrupt practices. Let's take a look of the most important events. President Lenin Moreno implemented a neoliberal package prescribed by the IMF, which included a 120% increase in the price of gasoline, reversing a 40 years subsidy. That sparked the protests. Indigenous movement massively marched to the capital, asking for the repeal of the decree forcing Moreno to flee with his government to the conservative coastal city of Guayaquil. He declared a national state of emergency for at least 30 days, which allowed authorities to increase police and military presence, which resulted in harsh repression. But these are not the first protests against Moreno. His two and a half years in power has been an economic, social and political disaster. His government persecutes the opposition, one of its victims being former President Rafael Correa, who was forced to flee the country. It also recently raided homes to arrest Correa's allies, including Paola Pabón, perfect of the province of Pichincha. Even before the measures were announced, Moreno had already an approval rating of less than 20%. After mass demonstrations, Moreno rolled back his neoliberal measures in order to placate the protests. But in spite of this victory for the popular forces, austerity measures remain intact and sow the country's fundamental problems. You're not going to believe this. But for President Moreno, what is happening in that country is somebody else's fault. Exile former President Correa and Venezuela's Mandura. So Honduras is an arco-state. And no. Not like Venezuela is an arco-state, but we don't have any proof. Honduras is really, really, really, really an arco-state. The recent conviction US federal courts of Tony Hernandez for massive drug trafficking, in which his brother Juan Orlando Hernandez, who happens to be none other than the president of Honduras, was also implicated, goes a long way in proving this. Honduras have been resisting every neoliberal measure implemented by a regime that emerged from a US-backed coup in 2009 and that has been carrying out neoliberalism in its most extreme and innovative forms, including the introduction of special economic zones. These zones create independent enclaves under corporate rule, where managers can design local ordinance and public taxation schemes to maximize profits, while spaces for civil society are closed and peaceful protests repressed. Extra-judicial killings are a commonplace. Impunity reigns. Corruption is widespread. Migration, massive, and even the legitimacy of the elections has been widely questioned. Mauricio Macri's government has implemented a far-reaching austerity program, which resulted in a deep economic crisis and a social catastrophe. Poverty increased from 27% last year to 35.4% in the first half of 2019. Macri's policies have plunged 3.7 million people into poverty in the last 12 months alone. When Cristina Fernández left office in 2015, the poverty rate stood at 19.7%. Unions and yeos, students, and neighbor associations have called Macri to declare a food emergency, a request that was finally approved by parliament. According to Argentinian government's folk persons, what is happening in the country is... you've guessed it, Maduro's fault. How does he does that? Corruption is at the center of the political tensions in the nation. A former Peruvian president committed suicide during his arrest after being indicted on corruption charges. Then the nation's preceding president was forced to resign as a result of corruption accusations. The main leader of the opposition is currently in jail under investigation for corruption. And for about 24 hours last month, both the president and the vice president claim to be the country's legitimate maximum leader. Hmm, so familiar. Neoliberalism corrupted the public administration to the extent that the oligarchy and the political partisan control engaged in a pitched battle in which the executive ended up defeating the other side by shutting down the Congress. Neoliberalism in Peru dates back to 1992, when Fujimori dissolved the Congress. In 2019, President Dizcara shut down Congress to settle the standoff with the right-wing that controlled the legislative branch. In all time, where neoliberal policies interrupted. President Sabasián Piñera increased transport prices with routine arrogance. They came up with this idea that people should just wake up earlier if they wanted to take advantage of lower prices. Students reacted by protesting in the metro. Piñera then declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew. We are at war. We are at war. Over the time in Chile, this content has been growing in a country that is the original and ongoing laboratory for neoliberalism in Latin America. The increase in the transportation prices was just the tip of the iceberg. With extremely low wages and an ordinarily expensive basic service ever since they were privatized, Chile is one of the most unequal countries in the region. To add fuel to the fire, the First Lady complained about the situation and about having to give up some of her privileges. In addition to calling for Piñera's resignation, trade unionists, students, feminists, environmentalists are asking for salary raises and cheaper basic services. In its coverage of the massive protests that are taking place, the mainstream media is only showing the violent aspects as well as the looting, in order to avoid the real issues that include 30 years of budgetary cuts in health and education and the privatization of the pension system. Furthermore, the neoliberal constitution inherited from the Piñera is being widely questioned. This chaos has taken many by surprise. Of course, Chile is ranked as a high-income economy by the World Bank. That's the problem when you measure the wealth of a country and the basis of its G&P without taking inequality into account. It is now more evident than ever that bullying is only reserved for those Latin American countries that challenge powerful economic interests. There's a spine chilling silence from democratic institutions when the crisis is not originating from those governments located on the left side of the political spectrum. It is now more evident than ever that bullying is only reserved for those governments located on the left side of the political spectrum.