The scenes of the insurrection in the United States Capitol last Wednesday, January 6, will go down in history as the moment when the oldest and most ‘exceptional’ democracy in the world trembled.
Las escenas de la insurrección en el Capitolio de Estados Unidos el pasado miércoles 6 de enero, pasarán a la historia como el momento donde la democracia más antigua y “excepcional” del mundo se tambaleó.
Erikstan Rodríguez nació y creció en el corregimiento de Tasajera, Colombia. Vive para defender su territorio y la Ciénaga Grande, que cada día se deteriora por los abusos ambientales y la corrupción. Este es su testimonio.
The assault on the Capitol shook American democracy for a few hours. The lesson democracies should learn is: Beware of voting for a scorpion because it will end up stinging you.
El asalto al Capitolio hizo temblar a la democracia estadounidense por unas horas. La lección aprendida para las democracias solo puede ser una: cuidado con votar a un escorpión, porque acaba picando.
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