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San Francisco , Jun 18 (EFE / EPA) .- San Francisco officials quietly removed the 4,000 pound statue of Christopher Colombus in the early morning of Thursday.The decision was very much welcomed by descendants of Native American tribes in the city as the statue has always been associated with slavery, subjugation, and conquest. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).FOOTAGE SHOWS AN EMPTY PEDESTAL WHERE A STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ONCE STOOD NEXT TO COIT TOWER OVERLOOKING THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, US.
London, Oct 12 (EFE).- Young activists from the Extinction Rebellion group stained red paint Tuesday on the statue of Christopher Columbus outside the Spanish embassy in London. In the statement sent to EFE, the group demanded the removal of Columbus statue as it represented the beginning of the "European invasion" of America in 1492, which caused numerous deaths among the indigenous people. (Camera: JORGE HINOJOSA).SHOT LIST: ACTIVISTS FROM THE EXTINCTION REBELLION GROUP PROTEST NEAR THE STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN LONDON, UK.
La Paz, Oct 12 (EFE), (CAMERA: César Gonzales) .- The statue of Christopher Columbus in the Bolivian city of La Paz appeared with graffiti on Monday, the day his arrival in America is remembered 528 years ago.
Boston (USA), Jun 10 (EFE / EPA) .- Two statues of Christopher Columbus were vandalized Tuesday night by protesters against racial violence in Richmond (Virginia) and Boston (Massachusetts) ), the local US press reported on Wednesday.(CAMERA: CJ Gunther)
Images of Rafah the morning after heavy Israeli strikes on the densely crowded region in southern Gaza, which killed at least 52 people, according to the territory's health ministry. IMAGES
Viento Frío (Panama), October 18 (EFE) (Camera: Carlos Lemos) .- A peculiar Christopher Columbus with a dark complexion discovered America several days after the known historical date, making landfall in a fishing town in the Panamanian Caribbean, although not in their three caravels, but in rudimentary canoes, according to a popular dramatization of this event by the locals.FOOTAGE OF THE DRAMATIZATION IN VIENTO FRIO, PANAMA