জলবায়ু নেতাকর্মীরা ভিডিওতে ধরা পড়ে থাকা ভাঙচুরের ক্রিস্টোফার কলম্বাস মুরালটিতে লাল রঙ নিক্ষেপ
This is not how you celebrate Columbus Day. A pair of climate activists were arrested on Sunday after throwing red paint on a mural of Christopher Columbus in what appeared to be a bizarre act of art vandalism captured on camera at a Spanish museum. The two vandals, members of the radical “Futuro Vegetal” group, were caught on video throwing red paint on “First Homage to Christopher Columbus,” a massive mural of the Italian-born explorer painted in 1892 by artist José Garnelo and displayed at the Maritime Museum in Madrid, Spanish newspapers reported. “Futuro Vegetal” group climate activists vandalize Christopher Columbus mural at the Maritime Museum in Madrid. The activist group El Pais, which roughly translates to “Vegetable Future,” also unfurled a banner that read “October 12, nothing to celebrate” and “Environmental Justice.” Spain, which financed the explorer’s voyage in 1492, celebrates a version of Columbus Day on October 12, while the holiday is observed on Monday in the United States. Footage of the protest at the museum showed the two women throwing red paint at the mural and then being quickly confronted by a security guard, who, with the help of outsiders, pulled them away from their artwork. The activists, who have not been immediately identified, were detained by museum security and later arrested and charged with crimes against cultural heritage, according to El Pais. Security took action and detained the protesters who smeared red paint on a mural of Christopher Columbus in Madrid. Two unnamed climate change activists were arrested and questioned by police in Madrid. A spokeswoman for the activist group, Luna Lagos, told El Pais that the holiday “celebrates centuries of oppression and genocide against the undocumented peoples of Abya Yala, the indigenous name for America.” The group also staged a protest Sunday around Pablo Picasso’s Guernica at the Reina Sofía Museum. Columbus’s voyages have been the subject of debate among many, but the explorer is widely credited with paving the way for the European settlement of the Americas and is a source of national pride for Italians and Italian-Americans, especially in New York City. (TagsToTranslate) World News (T) Christopher Columbus (T) Climate Change (T) Columbus Day (T) Madrid (T) Protests (T) Spain (T) Vandalism
প্রকাশিত: 2025-10-14 01:25:00
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