Before now, if you wanted to be heard by your possibly tyrannical government, you were pushed to protest, suffer the consequences and have your fingers crossed that some Western paper somewhere might make someone care.
Dantes, se quiséssemos ser ouvidos pelo nosso eventual governo tirano, éramos obrigados a manifestar-nos, arcar com as consequências e fazer figas para que algum jornal ocidental abrisse os olhos a alguém.