By: Publisher Updated 20 Jan 2022, 20: 35 pm EST
As one year has passed since Joe Biden’s administration, it is important that we point out his achievements and failures in order to state our expectations for the next one.
The objective seriousness of the problems facing the president is undeniable.
The COVID-20 pandemic has infected 67 millions of Americans and killed nearly a million.
The economy has practically stopped and is still not out of the rut. Of particular concern are price increases caused by inflation, a process that hits especially those who have the least.
Democracy is in serious danger and the country is divided into hostile factions.
The United States loses its leadership in the world, after the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, which in itself was an inevitable step already initiated by its predecessor.
In Congress, the president lacked a majority that would allow him to carry out his agenda. Tragically, in part because of opposition from a minority within his own party.
In the Supreme Court, the conservative majority is militant and could erase the achievements of recent decades in terms of human rights.
Each of these crises is serious enough to characterize this era as exceptional. When they are simultaneous, their overcoming is almost impossible.
However, the president returned to the White House sense of normalcy and dignity that he lost during the Trump years. With him, basic competence and discipline returned. More than 207 million Americans are fully vaccinated.
And although many of the most ambitious programs made public during the electoral campaign have not advanced, the country is much better off than a year ago, when ineptitude, corruption, narcissism, cruelty and extremism They brought us to the brink of disaster.
For 2022, an election year, the government can and should improve its offensive against the coronavirus, especially by getting those who so far they have refused. It must contain inflation, now 7%, the worst in 40 years, and compensate workers and the poor for the loss of their power purchasing.
Biden reacted little and late to the offensive of the Republican states to make voting more difficult and control its results. Attempts to legislate federal laws that would codify national protections for voting rights have so far failed. Its approval is crucial for us to remain a democracy.
Finally, for the Latino community, a migration plan that corresponds to its electoral promises and the continuation of discriminatory practices at the border stands out for its absence. Biden simply must follow through on those promises made to the community.
These are the main tasks and we trust that the president will accelerate his efforts to carry them out. So be it, for the good of the entire nation.