There is a shadow of hopelessness in the world. The average citizen observes serious economic threats and an uncertain panorama in health matters. Along with that, it is affected by a political debate far from this reality, an absence of leadership on the part of the leaders, and a serious weakening of the institutionalism. The serious problems that current circumstances have for the future warrant looking at what is happening to us in perspective. Nature and economic cycles have had a long history of critical impacts on the planet for thousands of years, those of modern history being closer to our memory. The most important thing is that humanity has come out of all of them. So, what we are currently experiencing will not be an exception, and it can be predicted that we will emerge from this crisis just as in the past.

We survived the ice age and there is no reason why we will not now. Previous pandemics have been even more devastating: The worst pandemic in modernity, for example, was HIV / AIDS, which left at least 36 million people dead. Thus, also humanity came out of pandemics such as cholera, black plague, bubonic plague, among many others.

But there is also the occurrence of economic crises. Bondarenko recently wrote that there were five of the world's most devastating financial crises: The Great Depression of 1929-1931, triggered by the collapse of Wall Street. Today with the COVID19 nebula we are once again in the middle of a global recession that will mean a 3% drop in the world product (and -7.5% in the case of Chile 2021). With the exception of the 1929 crisis, which generated immense unemployment and a deep drop in the product, all the other crises of the 20th century were smaller and limited in their geographical impact.

Observing the long historical duration, it remains as a conclusion that humanity has overcome terrible health and economic events, and that there seems to be no reason not to successfully get out of this new crisis that we are experiencing, considered by some as a kind of "end of World". Learning from history, a crisis is a period of uncertainty that may or may not lead to disaster, depending largely on the ability of the actors to respond effectively. The behavior of heads of government, parliamentarians and politicians, businessmen, and social leaders, is a key factor in getting out of a crisis like the current one. In health, social discipline is required, and in economic matters, the ability to make decisions with a long-term perspective and emphasis on the human.

This message must reach the common citizen. The recovery in economic matters, and the good progress in health matters, depends a lot on his hopeful vision. Disasters in different spheres occur and recur at different speeds and idiosyncratic ways, but in essence, they follow the same pattern. In short, we are all speculating about facts that are real, but when you examine the history of the disasters that have plagued humanity, it is clear that these crises repeat themselves in cycles. The only concrete thing is that nature gives us a small sample of its strength and the economy learns from its mistakes and it is up to global citizens to take action on its destiny.

About H.E. BERNARDO JAVALQUINTO

Bernardo Javalquinto was born in New York on November 16, 1961, since his father, a Chilean diplomat assigned to the United Nations, served there. Later and back in Chile, his father died while he was still young, also coinciding with the 1973 coup d'état.

His mother was then left a widow with five children, which put the family in a difficult financial situation. For this reason, Bernardo Javalquinto, decided to emigrate to the United States, at the age of 16 finishing high school, where he had been born incidentally, to study and work, helping his family along the way. He did multiple jobs for this, such as kitchen assistant and waiter in restaurants. Thanks to this and after years of effort, study and work, he managed to finish his studies as an Economist, MBA and PhD in this discipline, giving conferences in different countries, taking classes and teaching in Universities. Only then did the recognitions, awards and high-level work like the World Bank and others arrive. His life experience reveals that education continues to be the main platform to reach higher personal and work levels. He has worked advising different countries on issues associated with poverty reduction, boards of directors and directors worldwide. He is the founder and president of the proposed Latin American Technological Innovation and Development Center & Social Business Center (CIDTEL), founder of the Social Business School, founder of JGC LLC International Consulting and Javalquinto y Torres SA, an independent consulting firm based in Chile and the USA. He was also Director of the School of Engineering and Business (EBS) of the University of Aconcagua. He has been associated (former official) with companies such as the World Bank, IFC, Embassy of Chile in the United States. Henkel-Loctite.

Other recognitions and international awards.

2020 Member of the Committee «The Bretton Woods»

2020 Nominated for the Tällberg / Eliasson Global Leadership Award

2020, Sweden 2020 United Nations Ambassador for Peace, Institute for Peace and Development (INSPAD.org)

2019 "Professional Academic Award" by the International Business Committee and Award for Academic Excellence (IBAE-2019) as Leader of Exceptional Opinion. The American College of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

2015 Sciacca Vatican City International Prize, Economics Prize

2015 Medal of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Honor of the Italian Parliament

2015 Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, Honor Italian Republic

2014 Recognized as a World-Renowned Social Business Expert by “World Renowned-Experts” WRE

2011 "Latin American Leaders for Economic Development" Award from the Argentine Congress

2008 "Latin American Leaders for Economic Development" Award from the Argentine Congress