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Marilyn: The Influencer

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   By  Dr. Marco Benavides. Long before Instagram, TikTok, or the algorithms that now decide what we see, there was a woman who turned every appearance into a cultural event. Marilyn Monroe didn’t need Wi-Fi to go “viral.” It was enough for her to walk through a door, tilt her head, or speak with that breathy voice for the world to stop. What we now call a “trending topic,” she generated simply by existing. She was a movie star, yes. But she was also something more unsettling and modern: the first person to master—and pay the price of—the logic of massive influence.   Marilyn understood the power of image like few others. Nothing was accidental: every pose in front of the cameras, every crystalline laugh, every movement of her platinum hair was charged with intention. She could read the press better than a modern digital strategist reads “views.” She knew when to smile, when to stay silent, when to disappear so she would be missed more. She knew that a white dr...

Dostoevsky: The Writer Who Died to Be Reborn

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  Few figures in world literature illustrate with such precision how a life marked by suffering can become raw material for understanding the human mind. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821–1881) not only wrote about guilt, anguish, faith, or despair—he experienced them with an intensity that allows us to read his work almost as an early study of clinical psychology and emotional neuroscience. In him, the boundary between life and literature practically disappears, which explains why his novels continue to function as a relevant psychological laboratory.   The episode that defined his existence occurred in 1849. After participating in gatherings where texts banned by the Tsarist government were read, he was arrested and sentenced to death. On December 22, standing before the firing squad, he heard the announcement that would transform him forever: his sentence would be commuted to forced labor in Siberia. That instant—when his brain had already accepted death as inevitabl...

Fátima

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  Under the lights of the Impact Challenger Hall in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Fátima Bosch Fernández, a 25-year-old woman from Teapa, Tabasco, wrote a new chapter in the history of Mexican beauty. On the night of November 20, she was crowned Miss Universe 2025 in a ceremony that showcased not only her impeccable poise, but also a tenacity and grace that transcend the physical. The fourth crown for a Mexican woman arrived wrapped in applause and a sea of tricolor flags that filled the venue. Beyond the glamour of the final night, Bosch’s triumph represents a narrative of authenticity that resonates with a generation that values substance as much as form. Fátima is not simply a beautiful woman who found her place under the spotlight. Her training in Apparel and Fashion Design at Universidad Iberoamericana, complemented by studies at the prestigious Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan and the Lyndon Institute in Vermont, reveals a professional who understands fashion from its creati...

The Nobel Prize: A Recognition of Human Excellence

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For more than 120 years, the Nobel Prize has represented the most prestigious distinction in the world across fields fundamental to human development. What began as the testamentary wish of a Swedish inventor has become a global recognition that elevates its laureates to the pinnacle of history.   It all began with a historical paradox. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, decided that his vast fortune should be used to reward those who “during the preceding year have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” His will, written in 1895, established that the interest from his capital would be distributed annually in five categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.   On December 10, 1901, in Stockholm and Oslo, the first prizes were awarded. That day marked the birth of an institution that would transcend generations. Decades later, in 1969, Sweden’s central bank added a sixth prize—the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences—althoug...