It's Getting Cold. Is It Goosebumps or...?

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and thousands of people showed up at the ceremony that celebrated the downfall of such a terrible symbol that imprisoned people living behind it. Many important figures, such as former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev, President Obama, and Chancellor Angela Merkel , attended. In this ceremony, 1000 dominoes were knocked down to represent the inevitable and grand fall of the wall. In this monumental celebration, people might get goosebumps or a chill down their spines just by reminiscing such an "epic" event. All of those years of hostility was broken on November 9, 1989. All of those years that people fought for freedom was recognized on November 9, 1989. November 9, 1989 was a birth of a new relation that would forever change foreign relations . Take a moment and think about that struggle and that freedom. Take a moment and think about that end to that cold war struggle.

Struggle still exists despite such grand achievements. In Venezuela and Columbia, there is a conflict that many call another "Cold War." Bitter dispute has occurred for a decade ever since Hugo Chavez became the leader of Venezuela. However, conflicts are on the rise again and it is now extremely hostile at the border of the two countries. Alliances are forming amongst countries in Latin America, and it does NOT look like any peace relations will happen soon. Maybe once in a blue moon.

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