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Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).- A group of people protested Tuesday outside the Spanish embassy in Mexico City against the commemoration of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.While President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government has put the emphasis on "indigenous resistance" as it marks this year's quincentennial of the Spanish conquest, the original peoples continue to struggle against what they describe as neglect and marginalization by the present-day Mexican state. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF PEOPLE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO,
Thousands of Mexican women march through Mexico City to demand their rights on International Women's Day. IMAGES
Thousands of Mexican women chant and march through Mexico City to demand their rights on International Women's Day. IMAGES
London, Oct 12 (EFE).- Young activists from the Extinction Rebellion group stained red paint Tuesday on the statue of Christopher Columbus outside the Spanish embassy in London. In the statement sent to EFE, the group demanded the removal of Columbus statue as it represented the beginning of the "European invasion" of America in 1492, which caused numerous deaths among the indigenous people. (Camera: JORGE HINOJOSA).SHOT LIST: ACTIVISTS FROM THE EXTINCTION REBELLION GROUP PROTEST NEAR THE STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN LONDON, UK.
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.