Statue swap in Mexico City as indigenous woman replaces Colombus

Statue swap in Mexico City as indigenous woman replaces Colombus

A replica of a pre-Hispanic sculpture of an indigenous woman, known as "The Young Woman of Amajac", was chosen on Tuesday to replace a statue of Christopher Columbus on Mexico City’s most prominent boulevard, Paseo de la Reforma.

The capital's mayor announced that a larger version of the statue would be installed to end a year of debate as Mexico is erasing symbols of the Spanish colonial era.