Mexico’s Independence Day: A Global Masterclass in Revolutionary Déjà Vu
Every 16 September, Mexico shouts itself hoarse in the name of freedom, a ritual that looks suspiciously like a national hangover cure. At eleven o’clock sharp, the president steps onto the National Palace balcony in Mexico City, rings a comically outsized bell, and yells “¡Viva México!”—a phrase that, after 213 years, still hasn’t solved the…