WE ACTUALLY DID IT AND THE STATUE PROJECT IS OFFICIALLY CANCELLED!! THIS IS A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND FOR JUSTICE EVERYWHERE!! I AM BEYOND GRATEFUL TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED US REFUSE THIS MONUMENT OF GENOCIDE!!
November 25, 2014
Say NO to Columbus Statue in Puerto Rico // Dile NO a la Estatua de Colón en Puerto Rico
Final supporters
Businessman Jose Gonzalez Freire and the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico are planning to erect a 295 ft statue of Christopher Columbus by 2015. For Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas, Columbus is a symbol of Genocide, not a hero to be celebrated. We call on Jose Gonzalez Freire, Arecibo Mayor Carlos Molina, and Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla to abandon this project. // El empresario José González Freire y el municipio de Arecibo en PuertoRico, planifican erigir para el 2015, una estatua de Cristóbal Colón de 295 pies. Para los Pueblos Indígenas de Las Américas, Colón es un símbolo de Genocidio, no un héroe que ha de celebrarse. Hacemos un llamado a José González Freire, Carlos Molina (Alcalde de Arecibo), y al Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla para que abandonen este proyecto.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
November 3, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
April 30, 2014
565 Comments
i was born in arecibo,and i've seen the stupid waste of money these damn so called mayor spend on stupid projects just to line their pockets, the money should be spent in businesses that would stimulate and bring revenue to the pueblo of arecibo. Rebuild arecibo...not statues.
he pilfered thousands of pounds of raw natural gold out of the mountains of Puerto Rico he enslaved the first Boricua's the Taino indian and set forth a dictatorship spain to rule the island with torture.we are better off with a statue of Ponce de Leon,Juan Munoz Marin or Alviso Campos
No. Putting a statue of a European imperialist in Arecibo does not represent a noble sentiment of pride. Erect a statue of someone with actual roots in the Island that children can learn about and feel inspired by. Albizu, perhaps. NOT Columbus.
Colon destruyo nuestra cultura indigena, Violo y mato a nuestras mujeres, su gente mato mas de un Millon de nuestros ancestros, quien permitiria tener una estatua de un criminal en su patria, pongan la estatua de un INDIO Nativo Taino, NO de alguien que por el por poco nos estinguen deL PLANETA,
Would you put up a statue of Hitler in Isarel? No? Then Why put up a statue of Columbus, who caused a genocide among the natives. This is a total disrespect to the Puerto Rican & Indigenous Natives of the Island.
This guy rape murder and pillage our people we should have never honor him for doing that to us
I am insulted that this atrocity would even be in consideration. As a Taino myself I am appalled that a statue of the man that massacred my people and stole their land would be a statue. Heck no. I do not approve and I sign this petition against such statue. What an insult and slap in our faces.
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WE ACTUALLY DID IT AND THE STATUE PROJECT IS OFFICIALLY CANCELLED!! THIS IS A MASSIVE VICTORY FOR OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND FOR JUSTICE EVERYWHERE!! I AM BEYOND GRATEFUL TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED US REFUSE THIS MONUMENT OF GENOCIDE!!
November 25, 2014
Say NO to Columbus Statue in Puerto Rico // Dile NO a la Estatua de Colón en Puerto Rico
Final supporters
Businessman Jose Gonzalez Freire and the town of Arecibo in Puerto Rico are planning to erect a 295 ft statue of Christopher Columbus by 2015. For Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas, Columbus is a symbol of Genocide, not a hero to be celebrated. We call on Jose Gonzalez Freire, Arecibo Mayor Carlos Molina, and Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla to abandon this project. // El empresario José González Freire y el municipio de Arecibo en PuertoRico, planifican erigir para el 2015, una estatua de Cristóbal Colón de 295 pies. Para los Pueblos Indígenas de Las Américas, Colón es un símbolo de Genocidio, no un héroe que ha de celebrarse. Hacemos un llamado a José González Freire, Carlos Molina (Alcalde de Arecibo), y al Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla para que abandonen este proyecto.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
November 3, 2014
Reached 100 supporters
April 30, 2014
565 Comments
Puerto Ricans need to stop honoring an ethnocentric history by glorifying the person who eradicated 90% of the Taino population on the island. What Christopher Columbus has done to Puerto Rico is unforgivable. Put another way, GENOCIDE is unforgivable!!!
i was born in arecibo,and i've seen the stupid waste of money these damn so called mayor spend on stupid projects just to line their pockets, the money should be spent in businesses that would stimulate and bring revenue to the pueblo of arecibo. Rebuild arecibo...not statues.
he pilfered thousands of pounds of raw natural gold out of the mountains of Puerto Rico he enslaved the first Boricua's the Taino indian and set forth a dictatorship spain to rule the island with torture.we are better off with a statue of Ponce de Leon,Juan Munoz Marin or Alviso Campos
No. Putting a statue of a European imperialist in Arecibo does not represent a noble sentiment of pride. Erect a statue of someone with actual roots in the Island that children can learn about and feel inspired by. Albizu, perhaps. NOT Columbus.
Colon destruyo nuestra cultura indigena, Violo y mato a nuestras mujeres, su gente mato mas de un Millon de nuestros ancestros, quien permitiria tener una estatua de un criminal en su patria, pongan la estatua de un INDIO Nativo Taino, NO de alguien que por el por poco nos estinguen deL PLANETA,
Would you put up a statue of Hitler in Isarel? No? Then Why put up a statue of Columbus, who caused a genocide among the natives. This is a total disrespect to the Puerto Rican & Indigenous Natives of the Island.
This guy rape murder and pillage our people we should have never honor him for doing that to us
I am insulted that this atrocity would even be in consideration. As a Taino myself I am appalled that a statue of the man that massacred my people and stole their land would be a statue. Heck no. I do not approve and I sign this petition against such statue. What an insult and slap in our faces.
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Puerto Ricans need to stop honoring an ethnocentric history by glorifying the person who eradicated 90% of the Taino population on the island. What Christopher Columbus has done to Puerto Rico is unforgivable. Put another way, GENOCIDE is unforgivable!!!