Has your continent reached its peak or is there still potential for economic growth?
I was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, and I also hold Swiss citizenship. Bolivia is approaching elections, and it seems we may experience a shift in political orientation after 20 years of left-wing and populist governments. During this time, the country missed many opportunities to become a more developed, decentralized, and economically free nation due to a statist model of governance. I hope we can pursue intelligent reforms, increase economic freedom, and transfer more autonomy to the regions in order to build a prosperous nation.
I shuttle between Zurich and Cape Town and have citizenship of Switzerland and South Africa. Africa is improving and Switzerland is declining. South Africa is specially interesting because of the membership in BRICS. The question how I manage with dual citizenship I usually answer with a joke, saying the heart is South African and the wallet Swiss.
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@Daniel Christen
Thanks for your reply - could you give us some examples
@Giannis Mavris
The most important example is the fact that South Africa has a Constititional Court and Switzerland has none. Infringing the rights given by the Constitution in South Africa will have consequences, I Switzerland, the Constitution is infringed regularly without intervention of the Judges. Examples are mass immigration, 2nd home in the mountains, using trains for goods in the alps, free choice of profession for non privileged...__Of course it will take time for South Africa to recover from colonialism and apartheid, but keep in mind that democracy is only about 30 years old. In Switzerland, democracy is over 700 years old, at least for men, but nobody cares if the rules written in the Constitution are applied or not. And of course this is not about being politically left or right, it is about self respect of a nation!
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I live in Gruyère. It used to be an agricultural region, with gentle tourism. Over the last two decades, major industrial projects have denatured the landscape, driven out agriculture, destroyed biodiversity and clogged up roads, schools and hospitals. Not to mention the insecurity and damage caused by uncontrolled immigration. Apart from a few rich people, everyone loses out.
J'habite en Gruyère. C'était une région agricole , avec du tourisme doux. Depuis deux décennie les grands projets industriels, ont dénaturé le paysage, fait fuir l'agriculture , fait disparaître la biodiversité, encombré routes, écoles, hôpitaux. Ne parlons pas de l'insécurité , des dégâts causés par un immigration incontrôlée. A part quelques riches, tout le monde y perd.
In North America, fires and drought etc. are the new norm.
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@snowyphile1
So you see climate change as the biggest threat to North America
Sehen Sie also den Klimawandel als grösste Gefahr für Nordamerika
I live in Egypt. In the past dozen years Egypt has managed to recover from its turbulent years and is now stable and secure. However, regional conflicts have hindered its full potential and blocked its political development. There have been enormous efforts in improving its fragile infrastructure and housing problems for the very young population. In the energy sector however is where Egypt has improved the most and is on the brink of reaching its renewable energy goals. Still a great deal needs to be done, especially in the social sectors, education and health.__International debts are costing Egypt greatly, while Covid and wars have weakened tourism and Suez Canal income, making the situation even harder. __Egypt's potential is huge, all it needs is peace and regional stability to flourish.
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