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 "Such that, using a similar analog complicity, American scholars have formed, with respect to the Olmec civilization, a system of conjectural lies whose main features are disdain and ignorance.

''Condemnable as it may be, it is not, in my opinion, the worst; the worst is that Mexican scholars, voluntarily submit to a perverse form of foreign colonization, are usually subjected, to the systematic mistakes of American scholars, and repeat them and confirm them as truthful, perhaps with the desire and the hope that they will be considered as peers. Of these cases, for an obvious principle of human dignity, I shall not provide examples." (Rubén Bonifaz Nuño. 1995)''

Although it may seem daring to suppose, we need to discover what remains of the Olmec culture in the Mexicans of the twenty-first century. Understand our historical and cultural continuity throughout these eight thousand years, is one of the most important challenges facing those that want to put an end to the colonization and to build a just and harmonious society. The Olmec and wisdom fruit have not died or it is missing. It is an intrinsic part of what we are today. It is our own culture, not shared by any other people in the world.

"Victorious over foreign insults and contempt, there are still signs of that spiritual lighting system that built our cities.

There urban planning, engineering, architecture, sculpture, metallurgy, painting, all arts, sciences, mathematics, astronomy, measurement of the time, flourished obedient to the same enthusiasm of the self-assured man, proud to be the source and ascending path to perfection of life.

Happy, man lived and built the glorious testimony of his passage on earth for about 30 centuries.

Ideal foundation for the happiness of current men, the Olmec creation, that is the wonder of the Mesoamerican culture, remains there, multiplied in works that provide exemples without truce.