Gustavo Petro and Claudia Sheinbaum agreed that October 12 was not the “Discovery of America” because, when the Spanish arrived, there were already indigenous people living in these lands.
This Saturday, October 12, when 532 years have passed since the arrival of the Spanish to America, there have been several expressions against what was once known as the “Discovery of America” or “Columbus Day.” to have other names such as “Day of Indigenous Resistance” or “Day of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity”, as is the case of Colombia.
In that sense, the president of the neighboring country, Gustavo Petro, used his social networks this Saturday to ensure that when Christopher Columbus arrived in what is now America, “there was no discovery” because human beings had already been here “for tens of thousands of years.”
Petro then called on those who think otherwise to visit Chibiriquete, in San José del Guaviare, where he claims to be the “Sistine Chapel of prehistory.”
There was no discovery.
Human beings in America had already known each other for tens of thousands of years.Those who do not know this reality should go to Chibiriquete, San José del Guaviare, Colombia, where the Sistine Chapel of prehistoric times is located. About twenty thousand years of enormous and…
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) October 12, 2024
EFE recalls that the Serranía de Chiribiquete national natural park, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage of Humanity, is known as a sacred indigenous center and cradle of the jaguar.
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It is also an archaeological and biological treasure in which the cave paintings of La Lindosa and the tepuis stand out, abrupt plateaus with vertical walls and relatively flat peaks.
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For her part, the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, – who in recent days caused controversy for not inviting the King of Spain, Felipe VI, to her inauguration for “not apologizing” for what happened in the Conquest – insisted this Saturday in that October 12 “is not the day of race or Hispanicity.”
Using your count in XSheinbaum sent a message in which he insists that apologizing for these events is not embarrassing but rather exalts and brings people together.
“The arrival of the Spanish more than five centuries ago represented the subjugation and even elimination of the native peoples. Offering apologies for crimes committed is not shameful; On the contrary, it magnifies and brings people together,” he explained.
Like Petro, the Mexican president expressed that when Columbus arrived in these lands “there were already great civilizations and cultures of which we feel proud and proud.”
October 12 is not race or Hispanic day. Christopher Columbus discovered America for the Europeans, but on our continent and particularly in what we call Mexico today, there were already great civilizations and cultures of which we feel proud and… pic.twitter.com/sahFff5A2z
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) October 12, 2024
Gustavo Petro and Claudia Sheinbaum have known each other for several years. At Sheinbaum’s inauguration They held a meeting in the Mexican president’s office, where they recalled that she was linked to the missing M-19 guerrilla of which Petro was a part.
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