In a satirical letter published in La República, analyst Ramiro Santa reflects on 2025's challenges and lists wishes for the coming year, drawn from the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2025. Santa critiques internal violence, disinformation, and economic crises, while thanking Colombian entrepreneurs for their resilience. The piece calls for a safer and more solidary world in 2026.
On December 21, 2025, analyst Ramiro Santa published 'Carta de Santa al Niño Dios 2025' in La República, a humorous piece assessing the past year and making requests for 2026. Santa regrets that previous wishes, such as a moral compass for public officials and a kit to halt violence, went unfulfilled. Yet, he acknowledges partial success with the 'Army of Entrepreneurs and Businesspeople' who created jobs despite laws, taxes, and insecurity.
Drawing from the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2025, compiled by over 900 specialists, Santa suggests four symbolic gifts. First, 'oxygen, silver, iron, and lead' to deter interstate armed conflicts, internal violence, and forced migrations driven by illegal economies that destroy towns, torture civilians, and recruit children with impunity. Second, a 'League of Superheroes' to tackle biodiversity loss, extreme natural events, and migrations, stressing reforestation, mangrove and reef protection, water and waste management, bolstering public forces, and anti-corruption teams to reclaim stolen public resources.
Third, a 'mute for the trumpet' to quiet disinformation and manipulation by politicians using uncontrolled social media to spread lies and poison opinions. Fourth, a 'battalion of professionals'—honest, experienced experts supported by academia and guilds—to safeguard public finances, strategic resources like oil and minerals, and international ties, preventing sovereign debt crises, critical service failures, and geoeconomic clashes.
Santa ends by thanking for his health and peace of mind, instilled by family and education, and voicing hope for a year of development, peace, and well-being for all. The letter highlights the need for principled leaders guided by data, not miracles.
