In Peru,
the term “caviar” is similar to “radical chic” or limousine liberal“ in the
United states; or to “gauche caviar” in France; latte socialist in Ireland;
“Salonkommunist” in Germany; Gucci communist” in Italy or Africa; “Hippie with OSDE” in Argentina; “Bolly
Bolshevik” in Russia; “Chardonnay Socialist” in Australia; and synonymous
of “Chavista” in Venezuela (Hugo Chavez
followers). This
term “Caviar” identifies a well off, stuck-up, refined, political character
resulting
from the bad influence of the socialist governments between 2000 and
2018. The term was seated by Peruvian journalist Aldo Mariategui, the
grandchild of political philosopher Jose Carlos Mariategui, when he started
using it on 2010, while referring to left wing politicians as Javier Diez
Canseco, Susana Villaran, Marco Arana and to the members of the local communist
party “Patria Roja”, all pathetic sectors not reaching more than 1.5% of votes.
(MARIÁTEGUI, 2010)
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the meaning of the term “caviar” has extended, initially considered a political
character “of high status” thanks to his access to public funds, now with the
growing number of cases of corruption in which these people have been involved,
the term has been mixed with corrupt, and inside the corruption definitions.
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2000, each of the government regimes belonging to the announced socialist
reform has influenced negatively over their corresponding generations in Peru. Between
2000 and 2006 (government of presidents Paniagua and Toledo) the liberation of
convicts sentenced for terrorism charges contributed negatively to the creation
of diverse Marxist fronts, which increased the number of social conflicts
against the same governments and against investment projects; during these years
started to appear the called “juvenile Sicarios” (juvenile assassins); between
2001 and 2006, (years of corruption on
contracts held during the president Toledo government) increased the insecurity
in Peru; between 2006 and 2011, (president Garcia government) occurred the scandalous liberation of
thousand of drug trafficking convicts; between 2011 and 2016 (Humala
government) there were the scandalous cases of political funding to influence national
electoral campaigns as well as government projects with money coming form
Venezuela (Hugo Chavez- Nicolas Maduro) and from Brazil ( Lula socialist party
– Odebrecht); and finally on 2017 (Kuczynski government) who just recently
saved, from being vacated due to a lack of moral capacity charges, and thanks to
the offering of freedom of convicted president Fujimori in exchange for votes
favoring his stay.
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announced socialist reform to end the 90s corruption during the Fujimori
regimen was a fraud. In 2016, Fuad Koury, the country controller warned on a national
corruption cancer in Peru, including thirteen thousand denounces against public
officials with poor results, small amount of money recovered and hardly any
arrested, with an official estimation of losses of three thousand million
dollars annually. (DIARIO GESTIÓN, 2016)
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in 2018, with the denounces for corruption including the last three presidents,
one of them (Toledo) fugitive in the United States; one on jail in Peru
(Humala); and the last one facing impeachment for charges related to his lack
of moral capacity, plus more than thirty regional and local public officials under
investigation, the government pretends to carry on a “reconciliation plan” in
which the society has no confidence on, due only look forward to evade the
corruption responsibilities by all the accused.
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Peruvian caviar image is similar to the “Gucci communist” of European influence
According
Paolo Fib Della Torre, the caviar image starts its history since the 70s in
Italy, when the leaders of the Italian communist party exorcized themselves for
his political and social activities, not with the Croix of Christ but adopting
signs of respectability, using social class symbols with occidental influence.
The Italian
communist leaders started to use Gucci shoes, Pucci ties, scoth fabrics,
Aquascutum suits, civilized manners, calm conversations, a well worked
international mentality, well traveled and well red, nothing in common with
left wing party members at that time. (FIB DE LA TORRE, 1975)
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caviar funding, similar to the “radical chic” USA way
According
Andrew Hamiltong in the 70s, the book “Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak
Catchers” by Tom Wolfe explains how radical colored groups, threatening the
public order, at the way of the Mau Mau African tribe finished receiving
funding from the North American federal government. In the same way the article
“The party at Lennys” by Tom Wolfe published in the New York magazine, shows
how opposition groups meet between adversaries to receive funds from the
government for their radical activities. This article by Tom Wolfe, journalist
and novelist is considered a classic and relates how Leonard “Lenny” Bernstein,
a white homosexual Jew, collector of funds for the anti white league “Black
Panthers” meeting with honor guests Donad Cox, Robert Bay, Henry Miller and
some women of the black panthers. Tom
Wolfe describes the meeting as special one, between whites and blacks served by
white South American waitress, one Chilean, one American, and one from Costa
Rica. The conversations described by Wolfe during the meeting show that the
militants of the black panthers knew few and are more interested in the
funding. For Wolfe this meeting represented the liberal support of radicals
promoted by intellectual Jews. (HAMILTON, 2014)
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caviar goal is the same of the “limousine liberals”
Maybe the
best explanation of the goal of the Peruvian caviar was made in 1965 by Steven
Frasier in his article on the “Time” magazine entitled “This is the origin of
the Limousine Liberals” which relates how Mario Procaccino, the Bronx major
used the term to describe political characters considered privileged elites as
John Lindsay, public official representing the silk sector or Fiorello
LaGuardia, republican congressman, both leading causes in favor of colored
people minorities, but without the minimum intention of taking responsibility
for their needs, or for what they were hypocritically asking for in their
demands. Procaccino adds, (and maybe a
truth maintained up today) “these public officials live in exclusive
neighborhoods, isolated from poverty, crime and social problems, making their
money from the state and the tax, and for this reason, they use this politic of
confrontation, just to avoid any situation threatening their actual
conditions”. (FRASER, 2016)
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Do you want to combat the Caviar? Then do not elect and do not finance them.
In Peru, a
caviar surviving as politicians is everywhere, inside the state, in the public
sector, ministries, city halls, and in organizations supporting minorities. All
of them are easily identifiable by their interests. To combat them is simple. You don’t need to
be immaculate, neither being rich nor poor, nor you do not require to work as
Simon Wiesenthal, the Nazi hunter, who did not receive funding for not
compromise his image. (WIESENTHAL, 1967, p. 7)
To combat
the caviar simply “do not elect them as public officials” and if they are
grouped inside an organization, “do not give them funds”. On the contrary, they will survive, multiply
and tray to impose their conditions to continue enjoying the status they have
gathered, without helping anybody.
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