O impacto das privatizações na soberania dos estados latino-americanos

Abstract

By the end of the 20th century some moves were indicating the necessity of overcoming crises in emerging countries (especially latina-american ones) through neoliberalism. This intention was formalized by a market-oriented reform plan elaborated by the economist John Williamson and supported by international organisms. The Washington “consensus” - as it was named - main objective was to suggest market-oriented reforms as commerce opening, fiscal and the main subject of this study, the privatizations. However, as they tried to modify the country so it could fit the actual global order, the word “consensus” had not been taken seriously since a sequel of disrespects regarding to latin-american countries’ sovereignty were done. Besides, some of the privatizations occurred to strategic sectors for development, basic resources were turned into profitable, increasing inequality and social instability, and internal crises arose as it could threaten the states’ existence. Ultimately, this research’s objective is to analyze the neoliberal policies’ impact, specifically privatizations of public strategic companies in Latin America by conceptualizing a theoretical frame and presenting the context and consequences that this reforms were applied.