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Mexico City Bids Adiós to Monument to Castro and 'Che' Guevara
- A controversial monument of Fidel Castro and Ernesto Guevara was removed in Mexico City by Cuauhtémoc Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, citing legality concerns regarding their installation.
- The Mexico City government stated that the removal was illegal, as it had not been approved by necessary committees and agencies.
- Critics, including left-wing journalist César Huerta, labeled the removal as 'ideological censorship', arguing it erases significant historical symbols related to the Cuban revolution.
- In response to the outrage, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum requested the relocation of the statues in coordination with the Cuauhtémoc mayor's office.
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Protesters demanded the restitution of the sculptures of the two figures who participated in the Cuban Revolution, who were placed on a bench of the mayor's office Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City bids adiós to monument to Castro and 'Che' Guevara
A controversial monument in Mexico City to the Marxist revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara has been removed, setting off debates about their legacy and how to memorialize the past.
Two days after the removal of the sculptures of Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara, sitting on a bench in the Plaza de San Carlos, in the Tabacalera colony, in charge of the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office, the Tepito Zona de Arte movement assured that the fact “is a direct violation of our right to culture, one of our most important human rights.”
Removal of Statues of Fidel and Che Guevara Sparks Outrage in Mexico - teleSUR English
There is no force in the world capable of crushing the power of truth and ideas, said Cuban Ambassador Rodriguez. On Thursday, claiming to be responding to a request from residents in her jurisdiction, Cuauhtemoc Mayor Alessandra Rojo de la Vega removed the statues of Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara from the Tabacalera neighborhood in Mexico City. RELATED: Venezuela Greets Cuba on the Occasion of the Anniversary of Fidel Castro’s Birth “N…
The removal of the statues of the late revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara and the former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, installed on the bench of a square in the Tabacalera colony, in Mexico City, sparked a confrontation between the secretary of the Women, Citlalli Hernández Mora, and the mayor of Cuauhtémoc, Alessandra Rojo de la Vega. According to Rojo de la Vega, these monuments were removed from the Tabacalera Garden at the request of the…
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