The revolution that did not fail

Demonstrators at a rally for the tenth anniversary of the death of Mohamed Bouazizi, in his hometown of Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, on December 17. FETHI BELAID / AFP

Tunisia caught fire very quickly.

Mohamed Bouazizi blew himself up on December 17 and Ben Ali fell on January 15.

It was the

, immediately feared and admired throughout the world.

Because of its peaceful and dazzling character, because of the effectiveness of social networks or because of the role of Wikileaks in denouncing the devastating corruption of that regime and other Arab regimes.

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