![]() ![]() In Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, a Columbus statue that has stood in the middle of the major throughway since 1877 was removed in October 2020 purportedly for restoration, though the timing also coincided with an explicit call from local activists to remove it. While he is an Italian American icon in the States and Europe, Columbus is also memorialized, and targeted, throughout Latin America for his act of so-called discovery on behalf of the Spanish crown. Other statues of Columbus have been permanently removed by order of local governments or in some cases taken to a secure location out of preemptive fear that the statues might face public attack. ![]() At least ten statues in honor of the millenarian navigator were toppled, beheaded, or otherwise vandalized in acts of protest across the United States. The year 2020 was a rough one for Christopher Columbus. ![]()
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