AMÉRICA EDITORIAL (EFE).— October 12 was experienced in Latin America with acts of commemoration and protest.
In Venezuelathe Government demanded that Spain “ask for forgiveness” for the “genocide” of the conquest, while in Mexico the president, Claudia Sheinbaumdefended that “apologizing for these crimes magnifies the people.”
For his part, the Colombian president, Gustavo Petrodenied the “discovery” of America to highlight the richness of indigenous cultures, and in Boliviafeminists rejected “colonialism” with an artistic intervention.
In contrast, in Argentinathe government of Javier Miley celebrated the arrival of Colón as a milestone of civilization.
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The Venezuelan government, on the occasion of the “Day of Indigenous Resistance”reaffirmed that Spain “should ask for forgiveness every day” for the “genocide” it committed in the 15th century against the native peoples of America, including Venezuela.
The Minister of the Interior, Diosdado Cabello, pointed out that Spain must apologize for the crimes, looting and abuse perpetrated during the conquest, highlighting the imperialist “arrogance.”
“Just as we kicked them out before, we will kick them out if they try anything against our country,” Cabello warned, during a ceremony at the National Pantheon of Caracas, where the remains of Simón Bolívar rest.
Maduro, absent from the demonstration, criticized Spain’s celebration of October 12 as a holiday, considering that for America that date marks the beginning of “genocide, extermination, slavery, colonialism.”
More than 1,000 people, mostly Chavistas, marched in Caracas.
The mobilization occurred days after the Venezuelan Parliament urged the Spanish government to abolish the monarchy, considering it linked to corruption and the “ultra-right,” and urged Maduro to break diplomatic and commercial relations with Spain.
In Mexico, we reported on the message given by President Claudia Sheinbaum in a separate note.
In Colombia, President Gustavo Petro stated that “there was no discovery” of America, because the native American peoples “had already known each other for tens of thousands of years.”
The Colombian government commemorated the “Day of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity” instead of Columbus Day, to emphasize inclusion and respect for all ethnic identities in the country.
In La Paz, Bolivia, the feminist collective Mujeres Creando carried out an artistic “intervention” in the plaza where the statue of Isabel la Católica is located, throwing red paint on the figure and leaving messages rejecting colonialism and conquest.
The main message of the activists was “Colonialism is dispossession, racism is genocide.”
The Municipal Government of La Paz, however, condemned the incident and described it as an “act of vandalism.”
In Argentina, the Milei government spread a message on social networks to celebrate October 12 as “Columbus Day,” claiming the arrival of Christopher Columbus as the milestone that marked the beginning of civilization in America.
The Casa Rosada issued a video stating that with the arrival of Columbus “a new era of progress and civilization opened in the new world,” laying the foundations of modernity in America.
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