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In Mexico City, Two Icons of Cuban Repression Are Banished - The Boston Globe

Summary by Boston Globe
Statues of Fidel Castro and ‘Che’ Guevara head to the dustbin of history.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum ‘launched’ herself against the mayor of Cuauhtémoc, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega after her decision to remove the statues of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro from a park of Cuauhtémoc mayor. The president said that Rojo de la Vega would commit property damage if she auctioned the monuments. Sheinbaum on the removal of statues in the Cuauhtémoc: ‘It’s brutal intolerance’ When questioned about the issue, President Claudia She…

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In protest at Tabacalera Park, hundreds of Mexicans and Cubans residing in Mexico reaffirmed their support for Cuba and demanded from the Mayor of the Cuauhtémoc delegation the return of the statues of the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro, and of the Argentine-Cuban guerrilla Ernesto Guevara, who were withdrawn by the authorities of the said demarcation. READ ALSO: They express outrage at the withdrawal of statues of Fidel and C…

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The Mexican Movement in Solidarity with Cuba and Neighbors of the Tabacalera Colony held a rally in San Carlos Square to demand the reinstallation of the sculptures of Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara, known as the Encuentro Monument. In the protest, members of the Mexican Communist Party (PCM) proposed that the place be renamed Fidel Castro Ruz Park.

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A modern quijotesa has gone out to fight against the statues. But, with these arguments as an explanation and justification of the fact – “I took the decision myself” – to remove the statues of Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara from a bench -The Encuentro, work of Oscar Ponzanelli- located in a public park of the Colony Tabacalera; it will hardly convince the citizenry that it was an administrative decision: >. Little affects the history of t…

President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo stressed yesterday that the removal of the statues of Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara from the Tabacalera colony, ordered by Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, was not only an act of tremendous intolerance, but also constitutes an illegal conduct, since the removal of sculptures from the public heritage must be approved by the Committee on Monuments and Artistic Works in Public Spaces, composed of units such…

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