The national leader of the PRI, 'Alito' Moreno, participated in the World Summit on Political Communication warning about the risks of populist governments in Latin America, highlighting that "they promise a lot and deliver little." Moreno mentioned the negative effects of a populist government, exemplifying with cases such as Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales, Jair Bolsonaro, and former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The presentation took place in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and included the presence of political leaders, journalists, officials, legislators, academics, consultants, companies, media, and students from various parts of the world. Moreno emphasized that populist leaders often attack accountability and transparency mechanisms claiming they are tools of the elites, while feeding on anger and weakening institutions.
In his intervention, Alito Moreno stressed the economic instability generated by populist policies, pointing out that they tend to be unsustainable in the long term due to excessive subsidies and reckless public spending. He also mentioned that the measures adopted by these governments can result in inflation, fiscal deficit, devaluation, and capital flight.
As President of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (Copppal), Moreno addressed the issue of populism in the region and underscored the importance of confronting it seriously to strengthen democracies. In his closing remarks, he emphasized that "populism is not change, it is regression" and highlighted the need to analyze, understand, and combat this ideology to strengthen democratic institutions in the region.
