The massive police presence and repression of protesters overshadowed the event, exposing the social tension that the Government seeks to silence with grandiloquence.
The event in Movistar Arenastarring the President, sought to be a demonstration of strength and militant fervor. However, what happened in the streets surrounding the stadium ended up painting a more complex and, for many, worrying picture. For the first time, the presence of the president at an event of these characteristics aroused an active mobilization of critical groups in the surrounding area, reflecting a growing social discontent that the internal «circus» could not conceal.
The response of the security operation was excessive: a overwhelming police presence which, far from being a deterrent, ended up generating incidents. Testimonies and images show security forces delivering blows and gases against the protesters, including retirees carrying protest signs and press workers trying to document the situation. The use of force against the peaceful protest showed a clear instruction of silence any dissent in the pre-show.
This duality of «sticks out, circus in» becomes a central criticism of management. While the political choreography of the leader and his followers was displayed on stage, with songs and the usual bombastic histrionics, on the periphery a heavy hand was applied to ensure that the show was not interrupted by the echo of the crisis. The repression not only sought to discipline the protesters, but also to create a media bubble so that only the image of a popular and acclaimed president would transcend, hiding the growing polarization and the social cost of his policies. It is the logic of a government that seems to prefer staging rather than managing conflict.
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