Blog 8: Themed Post. Consequences of Terrorist Attacks in Chile

Dear all:

As decided in class, this post is free and therefore you have to write freely about the consequences you can predict from the terrorist attacks in Paris a couple of weeks ago.

As we have been discussing, the concrete consequences of such actions can not be characterized in such a short period, however there might be consequences in the migration to our country land and also an economic breakdown due to the markets being moved from the very core.

On the one hand, with the hectic scenario that Europe is undergoing at the moment, i.e. huge migration rates from Siria, big nations sunk in deep economic crisis such as the case of Greece, and the attacks to the european lifestyle, it might happen that from now to 10 years' time the migration rates from both European and Middle East countries might increase importantly, especially if we consider the fact that already we have received nearly half a million migrants from different countries and still we do not know how massive could this migration wave be in the near future. Already we are hosting several people from eastern european countries such Belarus and Ukraine, also a stong migration from Spain, etc. and yet there are not a good migration policy, for which it could be argued that in the near future the consequences of the terrorist attacks could be that of receiving many foreign people.

On the other hand, ecomically, the attaks in Paris have caused a massive decrease in several bursary markets, the Nikkei and Dollar have gone down quite impresively and being Chile on the countries that in the world receives more foreign investment, in the near future the companies which bring money to the country might have to stop this for several reasons and therefore it will deeply influence our growth rate. Though still it is hard to say for sure.

Many of the consequences of the Terrorist Attacks in Paris could be outlined, however, being that the events happened so recently, it is still uncertain what the effects in our country will be. Anyhow, Chile nowadays is not anymore isolated from the rest of the worls, upholding several international economical agreements and treaties, so the consequences now will be clearer and more evident that maybe, any time bofore.