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Historical Parallels: Carthage’s Downfall and Mexico’s Future.

Stones, pieces of walls, parts of broken and abandoned columns that not only evoke the past, but also show the future of countries that do not know how to defend their foundations. Carthage did not fall solely because of the power of Rome, but because of the blindness and indifference of its own elites.

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The Arab Spring 15 Years Later.

Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian fruit and vegetable vendor, set himself on fire in public after police confiscated his merchandise and slapped him in front of onlookers. With this extreme gesture of protest and helplessness in the face of police abuse and living conditions under a corrupt regime, his charred body sparked revolt across North Africa, and the world enthusiastically welcomed what we came to know as the Arab Spring.