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Santo Domingo Oct 12 (EFE).- Dozens of people gathered Tuesday under the statue of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo, to demand the removal of the monument on the Day of the Indigenous Resistance, commemorated in several Latin American countries."We don't want Columbus here," said protesters during the first protest ever called in the Dominican Republic against the glorification of the explorer. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PROTEST TO DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS STATUS IN SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

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