For two hours on Curacolais soil, this portion of the island—decidedly too insolent, too unruly, untamable—defies the world and rewrites history. This world now showers us with praise; very well. Suddenly we have become acceptable company, bravo. FIFA, though the second planetary dictatorship after the Vatican, helped us a great deal. Let it be thanked!

But for the local authorities to join this chorus—halt right there! For while any government, in such circumstances, would seek to capitalize on the event, one cannot cuckold history with impunity by taking advantage of the general euphoria. It is worth reminding them that the victory was forged not with them, but rather in spite of them. As a reminder, let us recall the historical tasks they carefully avoided: