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I remember during the Chilean protests, probably, in October 2019, there were spreading news about other demonstrations around the world. One of them was in Beirut, Lebanon. People took the streets to complain about corrupt politicians and surge in mobile phone tariffs (I heard of!) Right now what we see is much worse. Even people who have seen war say this doesn't compare, because they wouldn't know how they could die.
It's been a month and two days since the blast at the Beirut port. The residents of the Lebanese capital went on the streets to protest once again, and this time they said "enough." Turns out living here in South America makes you a bit alienated; the situation has been bad for long in Lebanon. Corruption, mainly, led lots of people to the streets in October last year, as I mentioned before. So in April 2020, a currency crash, and coronavirus lockdown made people furious again. Now this.
We see countries' situation getting bad often when there are politicians who not let the power go. In this case, Hezbollah leading party, let the corruption spread out, and serves as an Iran influence in the region. Demonstrators are trying to set new elections so they can have a change, and they deserve it more than ever.
While writing this, I remember I watched a few Lebanon movies that competed at the Oscars. Then I noticed that almost every year we see a Lebanese movie standing out for awards. It makes me sadder to realize we won't watch new movies, if the country goes deeper in this spiraling crisis.
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