Red Wine Heart Palpitation

Another title for this article could be "good dictatorship." And beside the point to the surprising number of items self-appointed intellectuals, who, with candor and freshness, the riots are citizens of North Africa as a threat. I'm not surprised

gringos editorialists who, terrified with the very concept of Islam, they are happy defenders secular dictatorships. Yes I am struck, however, that the argument of "lesser evil" among Latinos serve to defend ancient and dictatorial regimes, spontaneous social movements, democratic and peaceful.

The social upheavals not only seek to depose totalitarian governments, but to reform an economic system defined by the corruption scandal of capital accumulation and ruthless exploitation of the majority. How can we understand that you are saying it is better to keep things well to change?

is understandable that Israel defends Hosni Mubarak, loyal and obedient ally. Berlusconi is understandable that it considers "a wise"-given European economic interests in North Africa, but I finished square in Latin America are constructed arguments in support of a regime that would support any way in this region.

If a similar social movement prevailed in, like, Venezuela, who would dare to say that Chavez is bad but better than chaos? On the contrary: a social mass pro-democracy uprising would be applauded by all and nobody would see as a threat.

Is it then we believe that Arabs are not worthy of our democracy? No doubt there is an element of discrimination in wild reflections on the lesser evil, but there are also something else: a complicity with the past.

is no coincidence that the PRI has managed to spend 70 years to rule Mexico and many intellectuals have been raised under his wing. The discourse of "Echeverría or fascism" yes permeated much of Mexican society and we settled in a bad situation only worse would be replaced by another.

With the democratic transition discovered that there had been no panacea, but neither had started a period of chaos as you always feared. Mexico has not improved as one would expect-or want-with the arrival of democracy, but neither disarmed. Threats about a collapse were just noise.

Why yes we think that will happen in the Arab world? Is the example of Iran, I know, but also that of Turkey. Not all countries are totalitarian Arab and Muslims are evil by nature.

Barack Obama has shown a democratic will not be seen or in many European states and in Latin America. As if we were afraid that something similar happen here, our region has maintained a cryptic silence.

France was the most scandalous case, it was learned recently that Sarkozy's government sold millions of dollars in riot gear the ousted Ben Ali of Tunisia, just days before he escaped into exile. The French Foreign Minister had recommended in those days to Ali to follow the French example to "control the masses."

colonial mentality with which Europe deals with Africa is very questionable, but at least we understand its origin. Latin American contempt towards these events is much more difficult to diagnose.

guess that has to do, first of all, our distrust of non-Christians. Something in our DNA must be that we see Africa as a lost continent and its people like troglodytes who are better off with a dictator pro-Western than living the adventure of building a free state.

However, see Egyptian protecting museums and heritage from looters speaks of a high level of consciousness, see armies refusing the order to shoot against citizens show a true national commitment, seeing historically repressed societies demand democracy confirms will real libertarian.

But the American, stuck in our misery, we see them as troublemakers. Fans. And with dull conformity long for the good old days of totalitarianism.

The poor blessed child