Colombia and the instrumentalization of the covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

In addition to the different forms of suffering caused by the covid-19 pandemic, a scenario emerged in Colombia in which business, educational and government spheres instrumentalized events. Although mandatory quarantine was the most widely-used method of containment, from the point of view of low-income citizens, it was perceived as a duality, the dilemma of “dying of hunger or coronavirus.” Business, education and government sectors, however, saw the pandemic as an opportunity to establish and achieve new goals: encouraging virtual education, creating new enterprises, opening up new markets and misappropriating public funds.