Images of the information panels that the Historical Memory Committee of Vilanvova i la Geltrú Town Council placed beneath the name plaques on Rambla de Salvador Samà . Source : Pictures by Marc Riu . ( 6 May 2023 ).
Translation : “ Salvador Samà i Martí ( 1797 – 1866 ) A businessman and politician from Vilanova , who invested his fortune in improving the town . Like other figures of this time , it has since been demonstrated that he participated in the trafficking of enslaved people , even when it was an illegal practice .”
6 . Demand for the removal of the monument to Andres Urdaneta ( Basque Country )
Name of the initiative
Year Participants Status
Demand for the removal of the monument to Andres Urdaneta |
2020 |
Anti-racist and anticolonial collectives from the Basque Country |
Rejected ( without any political debate ) |
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In 2020 , anti-colonial collectives in the Basque Country launched a campaign to demand the removal of the monument to Andrés Urdaneta , in the town of Ordizia ( Guipuzkoa ). According to that published on some related websites : “ This is a campaign in which we are seeking support from different indigenous organisations , embassies from Latin America and the Philippines , the media , and human rights committees to put pressure on the mayor ’ s office of Ordizia ( Guipúzcoa-Basque Country ) to remove the statue honouring the friar-conqueror Andrés de Urdaneta , which is located on one of the main roundabouts in Ordizia .
Various media echoed the petition on the grounds of the figure ’ s past as a conqueror and evangelist . Carlos de Urabá sent a letter to the mayor of the city , Adur Ezenarro ( EH Bildu ), and the petition received no reply .
Links and sources
Tumbemos la estatua del fraile-conquistador Andrés de Urdaneta en Ordizia , Gipuzkoa ( Basque Country ) https :// www . radiomacondo . fm / columna / tumbemos-la-estatua-del-fraileconquistador-andres-de-urdaneta-en-ordizia-gipuzkoa-pais-vasco /
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