{"id":121868,"date":"2021-05-08T13:57:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121868"},"modified":"2021-05-08T13:57:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T05:57:23","slug":"indigenous-colombians-topple-conquistador-statue-in-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121868","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous Colombians topple conquistador statue in capital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/s1.ibtimes.com\/sites\/www.ibtimes.com\/files\/styles\/embed\/public\/2021\/05\/07\/a-misak-indigenous-man-stands-atop-the-statue.jpg\" alt=\"A Misak indigenous man stands atop the statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada after knocked it down in Bogota on May 7, 2021\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">A Misak indigenous man stands atop the statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada after knocked it down in Bogota<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BOGOTA, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Indigenous people in Colombia on Friday knocked down a statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, who founded the capital Bogota, as protests against the government continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos shared on social media showed members of the Misak indigenous community standing on the empty pedestal in the center of Bogota with the statue lying on the ground with a broken arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 26 people have died in clashes between demonstrators and security forces since protests against President Ivan Duque&#8217;s government began on April 28, originally against a now abandoned tax reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous people have joined unions, students and other groups in demanding change to the government&#8217;s policies on health, education and inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrators from the Misak &#8211; also called Guambiano &#8211; community, originally from the south of the country, arrived at dawn at the statue, erected in 1960, waving their indigenous flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Historically he was the biggest slaughterer, torturer, thief and rapist of our women and our children,&#8221; the group said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said the &#8220;elitist families descended&#8221; from De Quesada had &#8220;reproduced the great problems&#8221; of the country such as the recently abandoned tax reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous people in Colombia&#8217;s southwest have knocked down at least three statues to conquistadors since September 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are waging a historic dispute over land rights but have often been the victims of Colombia&#8217;s multi-faceted conflict pitting left-wing guerrillas, drug-traffickers, right-wing paramilitaries and the armed forces against each other. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Misak indigenous man stands atop the statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada after knocked it down in Bogota BOGOTA, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Indigenous people in Colombia on Friday knocked down a statue of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, who founded the capital Bogota, as protests against the government continued. Photos [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121868"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}