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