wsg1991

Thanks for the information. I didn't know that about Marzouki. I hope the Conservatives are deposed as soon as possible.

I visited Tunisia roughly five years ago. I got the impression that it was pretty well off, so why did it cause all that political upheaval abruptly? I've read about Mohamed Bouazizi, but why did it become so big?
Honestly, Tunisia is the last country, from the Middle East and North Africa, that I'd expect to be the catalyst of such a movement.

I watched a video of your president saying he denied to go to the US when they offered to teach him how to run a Democratic country, stating that the US wasn't Democratic and was just as Authoritarian as Ben Ali's regime.
I can tell Marzouki will be an interesting leader.