25th Anniversary of the falling of The Wall
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NOVEMBER 9, 2014”: 25Th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE FALLING OF “THE WALL”
On November 9, 1989, exactly a quarter of a century ago,
the dreaded Berlin Wall, the abominable "Iron Curtain"
finally was demolished ... perhaps one of the events with
greatest impact within the past century.
The consequences of this fall have been enormous: the
fall of communism and the whole "Soviet Bloc" and its
economic and sociopolitical model; the end of the so-
called "cold war" and a bipolar world characterized by
the fear of nuclear threat; a new political map involving
the socio-economic revival of various nationalities out of
the former Soviet republics; and of course, the expected
German reunification which demarcated a new stage and
a new pace for this impressive and unstoppable global
power.
25 years after the fall of this tragic and hideous wall, the
world can feel its tremendous implications. We will never
be able to end up thanking the boldness and courage of
leaders like Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and Pope
John Paul II, central characters who are credited with
leading this historic event of monumental proportions.
The vivid graphic testimony of AIESECers at the time of
the fall, stuck in this composition photographed for our
delight, was recently rescued (I'm not sure how), by Tina
Adolfsson. Now this flies around the world in different
virtual sites of AIESEC and Alumni on the Internet.
Although many lessons about separateness and division
were taught by this hideous wall, it is said that it has not
completely fallen yet, since several aspects still
distinguish the ex-2-Germanies; also, the world sadly
built many other walls during these years: this proves
that for man it is very difficult to learn in foreign body.
OSCAR AYALA A. – AAI, AAIB, AAP, AAC @oscaruro