Resumen

MARTINEZ-GOMEZ, Ciro  y  PARRAGUEZ-CAMUS, Carla. Social harm, neoliberalism and the Covid-19 pandemic in Latin America. Pap. poblac [online]. 2021, vol.27, n.107, pp.103-140.  Epub 06-Dic-2021. ISSN 2448-7147.  https://doi.org/10.22185/24487147.2021.107.05.

This article seeks to uncover how harms in Latin America generated under the neoliberal model over more than four decades ago enhance the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking Santiago and Bogotá as examples, the article scrutinizes how neoliberal harms directly impact health systems given the state's incapacity in achieving public health goals and a rise in access segregation to health services due to Covid-19. Higher levels of contagion and deaths and the policies' poor effectiveness are linked to the previous social harms produced by neoliberalism in the region. The links between Covid-19 and inequality and poverty, especially regarding informality, low educational levels, overcrowding, and the limitations on access to services are uncovered.

Palabras llave : Neoliberalism; harm; inequality; poverty; privatization; Covid-19 pandemic impact.