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ARECES JOSÉ MANUEL DE AVILA .- Liberal Newspaper Editor, The Reformer

When making history, great changes and revolutions always develop in a surprising and unexpected, and none of the actors involved is aware of the importance of the event until the tide is too strong to stop.

They come to my mind a succession of images recounting similar events: the Cuban revolution, popular with the invasion of the streets of Havana, while the dictator Batista and his entourage held a glamorous New Year party, oblivious to reality. Another example: November 9, 1989, Günter Schabowski at the time of the GDR Politburo member, commits an error information to a reporter's questions and answers that the Berlin Wall is open to the passage, within hours thousands of people raze the wall of shame and a whole system. No one was prepared, neither Moscow nor Western. The story is written this way. The point of explosion is always uncontrollable and the masses work faster than their leaders. Today

Tunis protests end with the regime Abidine Ben Ali, in a few days. The origin of the crisis, the rise in basic food and hatching is produced by the December 17, 2010 Mohamed Bouaziz, an unemployed youth aged 26, who blew himself up outside City Hall in the village of Sidi Bouzid. It came after police confiscated his peddler of fruits and vegetables because they lack the necessary permission. Bouzaize died in hospital on 6 January. The protests and clashes with security forces began in that region, whose economy is based on agriculture, which suffers from high unemployment rate, and spread to several cities in the North African country. On January 13 the president and his family leave the country.

The wave of protests have spread to all dictatorships of North Africa and threaten to engulf other countries. The problems are common, corrupt regimes, massive unemployment, poverty and hunger for freedom and change hits. Social networks have played a message multiplier unparalleled in this region of the planet, and have undoubtedly served to coordinate the kick-off of these spontaneous movements. At present Egypt is under siege, with people living with tanks in the streets and a system that blocks access to Internet, transport and traditional media in the absurd confidence sever communication between the masses but as always it is too late. The village is on the street and the old system of grapevine and word of mouth supplement to technology. There are only two options to the Egyptian dictator Mubarak, exile or provoke a bloody massacre. Sudan, Morocco and even Syria can be carried by the viral effect of the protests. Currently

Western governments are losing the papers as usual, and the UN back to show that it is a body heavy with bureaucrats incapable degree. Outside the sterile discourse of the great powers in favor of democracy and freedom of expression, lies a fear of change exacerbated by the threat the day after. All foreign ministers considered the possibility that after the fall of the dictatorial regimes repeat the Iranian case, and that Islamist movements do fishing in troubled waters of his life.
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This fear leads to inaction and waiting, which is a miscalculation, because once you're on the surfboard on the crest of the wave, there is no way to stop time. It is time to immediately sever ties with these governments and people to side with the glutted with freedom, should join the head of the demonstration and provide the means to achieve a peaceful transition to democratic electoral processes which may come into competition with radical Islamists, figures to defend democracy and raise their flag of freedom, without complexes or personal interests spurious. Playing with dictators in order to provide some stability always ends the same, in revolutions and change processes that bring tilting the worst consequences. At present there is a global battle for itself at the head of the changes, and the least risk always ends up losing bet.

If we do not want a clone of the revolution of the Ayatollahs, have to force regime change in favor of the needs and popular demands. Freedom is always the answer, however much we book is only for the West. Condemn millions of people to dictatorship, to maintain our stability in an artificial manner is an example of hypocrisy that is paid only justified hatred of the Arab world towards the West, we have a moral duty to defend our most sacred values, if we a peaceful and prosperous world. It's time to exercise leadership with appropriate moral authority, while not acted with alacrity and determination, we credit the arrival of those willing to give everything for his radical faith, with the sweet promises of paradise and the Koran in his hand. History provides ample lessons to choose the right path, not to provide radical Islam on the grounds that the corrupt satanic West did nothing.