An empty pedestal where a statue of Italian explorer Cristobal Colon, also known as Christopher Columbus, used to stand before it was taken off by the municipality, is seen during Columbus Day, or Day of the Race (Dia de la Raza) in remembrance of when Colon came to the Americas, in Mexico City, Mexico October 12, 2020, REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican government has removed a prominent bronze statue of Christopher Columbus and surrounded another with high metal fencing ahead of an annual protest that marks the explorer's arrival in the Americas in 1492.
The removed statue of the 15th century Italian navigator, along with four Catholic friars, towered over one of the Mexico City's main traffic circles for decades.
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