And amongst the chaos, amidst the euphoria, it took me a little while to understand that some of the people who had wielded power before 1989, in Eastern Europe, continued to do so after the revolutions there.
E no meio do caos, em meio à euforia, demorei um pouco a entender que algumas das pessoas que tomaram o poder antes de 1989, na Europa Oriental, continuaram no comando após as revoluções.