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Oct 13, 2021 · Government of Mexico City. The Columbus statue will be replaced by a replica of the so-called Young Woman of Amajac. Mexico City's governor has confirmed that a statue of an indigenous woman will ...
Aug 21, 2017 · An unidentified narrator explains why the action was being taken: “Christopher Columbus symbolizes the initial invasion of European capitalism into the Western Hemisphere. Columbus initiated a centuries-old wave of terrorism, murder, genocide, rape, slavery, ecological degradation and capitalist exploitation of labor in the Americas.
Sep 6, 2021 · A statue of divisive European explorer Christopher Columbus that was on prominent display in Mexico City will be replaced with a figure of an Indigenous woman, the city’s mayor said this weekend ...
Christopher Columbus, or simply Columbus, is a 1955 sculpture by Edoardo Alfieri, originally installed outside Columbus, Ohio 's City Hall, in the United States. The statue was unveiled in 1955, celebrating Christopher Columbus 's voyages to the New World. It was removed in July 2020, in light of the explorer's abusive relationship with ...
Jul 22, 2020 · This comes after a controversial Frank Rizzo statue in Center City was boxed up and a mural honoring the former mayor painted over in South Philadelphia . The Philadelphia Art Commission on Wednesday will hold a virtual hearing on the Marconi Columbus and decide whether the controversial statue will, like the Rizzo monument, lose its public perch.
3 days ago · Three years after a Christopher Columbus statue was removed from a square in Providence, Rhode Island, the bronze cast has re-emerged, this time in a park in Johnston, Rhode Island, about 9 miles ...
Jun 11, 2020 · Getty Images. A statue of Christopher Columbus was toppled by protesters in St Paul, Minnesota. Statues of Confederate leaders and the explorer Christopher Columbus have been torn down in the US ...
