{"id":11894,"date":"2026-01-20T01:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/?p=11894"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:57:58","slug":"oxfam-warns-of-dire-consequences-for-democracies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/?p=11894","title":{"rendered":"Oxfam Warns of Dire Consequences for Democracies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-parapraph=\"0\">Original article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/mundo\/fortunas-de-los-milmillonarios-crecieron-un-200-mas-rapido-en-2025-advierten-peligrosas-consecuencias-para-las-democracias\/01\/19\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fortunas de los milmillonarios crecieron un 200% m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido en 2025: Advierten peligrosas consecuencias para las democracias<\/a><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p data-parapraph=\"1\">An international report from Oxfam revealed that the wealth of billionaires surged 200% faster in 2025 compared to the last five years, warning of \u00abdangerous consequences\u00bb for democracies worldwide.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"2\">The organization stated, \u00abThe rise of oligarchies negatively impacts all societies globally,\u00bb as outlined in their report, which has been circulated by various international agencies and media.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"3\">According to Oxfam, \u00abThe world is in a critical situation. Extreme inequality has reached a point where the super-rich can manipulate elections and economies, consolidating their power through politics, the media, and judicial institutions.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"4\">Meanwhile, they noted, \u00abBillions of people face avoidable hardships and the erosion of their civil and political rights,\u00bb but \u00abprotests and mobilizations are being crushed by governments around the globe.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"5\">In this context, Oxfam indicated that since Donald Trump won his second term in the U.S. election, the combined wealth of billionaires has increased by over 16%, reaching a historic high of $18.3 trillion in just the past year.<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"6\">The NGO emphasized that this surge is attributable to the U.S. \u00ablowering taxes for the super-rich, blocking advances in international tax cooperation, reversing efforts against monopoly power, and pushing up the value of stocks related to artificial intelligence.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p data-parapraph=\"7\">Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/es\/contra-el-imperio-de-los-mas-ricos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full report HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The international organization Oxfam warned that the fortune of major magnates reached a historic high of $18.3 trillion in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>According to the report \u00abAgainst the Empire of the Richest,\u00bb this accumulation accelerated after the elections in the U.S., where the wealth of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IUimMg2lz\">pic.twitter.com\/4IUimMg2lz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 La Jornada (@lajornadaonline) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lajornadaonline\/status\/2013248964632445032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-parapraph=\"8\">El Ciudadano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v14.0&#038;appId=91647977268&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\" nonce=\"oICed85h\" type=\"6aaf001757e1a1a33b1b8c1d-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Original article: Fortunas de los milmillonarios crecieron un 200% m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido en&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.elciudadano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/el-ciudadano-img-1.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internacionales-2"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elpregonerodechile.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}