Latin America, complexity and interdiscipline, in search of alternative public models and programs. Mexico case

Abstract

Latin America and the Caribbean is the most unequal region in the world, a product of many years of the neoliberal model, imposed by the industrialized countries, where a large part of the population has been excluded and survives informally in the periphery. In most of the countries of this region a self-similarity is observed, which could even be called socioeconomic fractality. Despite the adversities, the complexity, the resistance, the robustness and redundancy of the capitalist system and the attempts to destabilize the local oligarchies, allied to the international powers, led by the United States, the left governments in Latin America have achieved important achievements in terms of economic growth, the reduction of inequality, the recognition of social rights, the improvement of education and health systems. However, these progressive governments have not managed to make this series of achievements sustainable, among other factors, due to the lack of alternative models and programs, supported by pertinent and feasible projects, according to the reality of each country. Universities and research centers, through an effective relationship, have the opportunity to collaborate in the design of proposals, programs and projects based on studies that address the real problems that afflict their respective societies, a fact that would contribute to the fulfillment of the social mission that gave rise to its creation.