{"id":152,"date":"2013-09-08T16:42:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-08T16:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.up.edu.pe\/blogs\/csanborn\/Lists\/EntradasDeBlog\/ViewPost.aspx?ID=37"},"modified":"2022-10-13T06:04:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T06:04:03","slug":"ollanta-humala-and-the-solitude-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.up.edu.pe\/csanborn\/ollanta-humala-and-the-solitude-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Ollanta Humala and the Solitude of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, according to the\u00a0XXXIII Encuesta de Poder<\/a><\/i>, the majority of respondents consider President Ollanta Humala to be the most powerful person in Peru.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Realized annually by the consulting firm Ipsos Apoyo, this survey is not a public opinion poll, but instead is based on the perceptions of a select group of elites and opinion leaders, who are assumed to know a lot about power.\u00a0This year 236 people responded, including government officials, politicians, intellectuals, journalists and businessmen.<\/p>\n

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For the last 33 years the\u00a0President has been#1<\/a>\u00a0in this survey, as befits his constitutional role as Chief of State and personification of the Nation.\u00a0\u00a0While this power is transitory, being an elected office, former presidents and eternal candidates also remain in the Top 10, along with important Cabinet ministers, bankers, the Archbishop of Lima, and Mario Vargas Llosa.\u00a0\u00a0On two occasions there have also been technical ties between the President and the person in the #2 spot; in 1997\u00a0it was national security advisor Vladimiro Montecinos, considered the evil power behind the throne of Alberto Fujimori, and last year it was\u00a0First Lady Nadine Heredia<\/a>, co-founder of the ruling party and a key advisor to her husband. This year, however, the analysts at Apoyo depict Humala as being very alone on the throne.<\/p>\n

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Both the solitude and fragility of presidential power were illustrated by a\u00a0dramatic incident on Friday night<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0In the midst of a painful 2 -1 defeat by the national soccer team against Uruguay, in which Peru lost hopes for going to the 2014 World Cup, President Humala tried to leave\u00a0the National Stadium quietly, alone and on foot.\u00a0\u00a0But enraged fans prevented him from doing so, raining bottles, insults and worse from the stands, shouting\u00a0\u201csalado\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(meaning \u201cjinxed\u201d or bringing bad luck), and blocking his way out.\u00a0Security guards struggled for some time before Humala was finally able to get to his car and drive off.<\/p>\n

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\nBesides the obvious questions about presidential security, some wonder if this incident reveals more fundamental problems of authority, representation, even national identity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As\u00a0Aldo Panfichi recently wrote\u200b<\/a>, these are all very weak in Peru, and the irrational, love-hate relationship between fans and the national team reflects this.\u00a0And this time, when the team played badly, millions of disappointed citizens and soccer fans \u2013 including\u00a0one jailed ex-president\u200b<\/a>\u00a0— didn\u00b4t blame just the players, the coach, or the referee \u2013 they blamed the most powerful guy in the room.<\/p>\n

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