Tag: Columbus Day

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  A national holiday in the name of tourism that allows for other tributes in Argentina

  

  Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 is a national holiday in Argentina marking the anniversary of... nothing.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Columbus Day in Colombia: Thousands of indigenous people march demanding an end to violence

  

  Thousands of indigenous people demonstrated in southwestern Colombia on Monday demanding an end to violence, on the day commemorating Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Dressed in green and red and carrying traditional sticks, the demonstrators converged on the city of Cali where they hope to meet President Ivan Duque.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:38 UTC

  Mapuches and other indigenous groups fight police on Columbus Day

  

  Chilean police fired tear gas and water cannon on Sunday to break up thousands of indigenous protesters demanding land rights and condemning Columbus Day, after masked demonstrators began throwing stones.