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The Statue of General Baquedano, Symbol of the Protests in the Social Explosion in Santiago, Returns to Its Original Site

Summary by El Pais
On Wednesday, the Council of National Monuments (CMN) unanimously approved that the monument to General Manuel Baquedano should return to the square that bears his name in the center of Santiago, five years after its removal as a result of the severe damage suffered in the context of the social explosion of 2019. The bronze sculpture of the Chilean artist Virginio Arias (1855-1941), installed almost a century ago in the heart of the capital, a p…

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On Wednesday, the Council of National Monuments (CMN) unanimously approved that the monument to General Manuel Baquedano should return to the square that bears his name in the center of Santiago, five years after its removal as a result of the severe damage suffered in the context of the social explosion of 2019. The bronze sculpture of the Chilean artist Virginio Arias (1855-1941), installed almost a century ago in the heart of the capital, a p…

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The Council of National Monuments (CMN) confirmed on Wednesday the return of the statue of General Baquedano to the square bearing the same name, after the measure was unanimously approved by its members.In the ordinary session presided over by the Undersecretary of Heritage, Carolina Pérez Dattari, it was announced that the “Council agrees to authorize the proposal to reinstall the equestrian sculpture of the Public Monument to General Baquedan…

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The Council of National Monuments decided to return the statue of General Manuel Baquedano to its original location,...

·Chile
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This Wednesday, the National Monuments Council authorized the sculpture to return to the place where it had been located for the past few years.

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On Wednesday, the Council of National Monuments (CMN) approved the return of the monument of General Manuel Baquedano to Plaza Italia, from where it was removed in 2019 in the middle of the Social Starring and quite damaged. Nor should we forget that in that place also was the Tomb to Private Desonocido that was desecrated during the protests, [...] The entrance Monument to General Baquedano returns to his place from where NEVER should have left…

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BioBioChile broke the news in Chile on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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