This year, I acquired the Spanish nationality besides the Mexican one. Since I’m now a dual citizen, I was pondering whether to call myself a Mexpanish or a Spanexican -lol ;) But ever since I was seven, I’ve been calling myself a world citizen.
Although I can’t officially acquire every nationality, I can say that a little or a lot of each country’s culture stays with me after living in it, or visiting it shortly, or just reading about it. Even though we have to belong to a country for political, economical, and social reasons, the possibility of having two citizenships make the borders somewhat blurrier.
I find it a bit ironical —although it is a happy coincidence— that I’m becoming a dual citizen of these countries in particular exactly in the year of the 200th commemoration of one’s independence from the other. This is just another proof of better world relationships in spite of many unresolved issues amongst many other nations. Who knows? Perhaps in 200 years the great-grandchildren of these nations will also be having dual citizenships of one another. I know I’m an optimist for a friendlier world, but my case validates that it can happen :)
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