Nicaragua: No More
Columbus Day
Columbus Day on October
12, marking the arrival
of Spanish colonizers to
the Americas 515 years
ago, will no longer be
observed in Nicaraguan
schools as of this year,
an official source said.
In opinion of President
Daniel Ortega last week
on the eve of October
12, the arrival of
Spanish colonizers to
the "New World" meant
the start of genocide
against the indigenous
population in the
America.
According to Minister of
Education Miguel de
Castilla, the date will
be celebrated from next
year on as "Indigenous
Resistance Day," to
highlight the struggle
of native peoples
against European
colonialism.
In remarks made to local
media, De Castilla added
that from this year on,
every October 30 the
Nicaraguans will mark
the granting of autonomy
to the mainly ethnic
Nicaraguan Caribbean
Coast in 1987. |
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