Sharing Space with that of Mistral: Government Maintains that Statue of General Baquedano Will Return to Plaza Italia - La Tercera
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The spokesperson(s) of government, Aisén Etcheverry, clarified that the initiative presented by the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, to install a sculpture of Gabriela Mistral in the Alameda-Providence Axis would not imply moving that of General Baquedano. The President made the announcement during the Public Account 2025, where he valued the path of the poet, and noted that this year “we celebrate the 80 years of obtaining the Nobel Pr…
The minister(s) of the General Secretariat of Government, Aisén Etcheverry, confirmed that "we will effectively have monuments in Plaza Italia, where General Baquedano will be and also the sculpture of Gabriela Mistral".
Background This Monday, the government confirmed that the monument of General Manuel Baquedano will return to Plaza Italia, place from which he was taken in 2021, due to the constant vandalizations that he suffered in the context of the social explosion.You may be interested :News Chile One of the children dies who fell from the 13th floor of building in San Pedro de la Paz But that's not all, the structure will share space with another monumen…
The statue of General Baquedano, removed in 2021 after being vandalized during the social explosion of 2019, will again occupy its traditional space in Plaza Italia. The monument, which originally exists in that place since 1928, is considered one of the most representative historical symbols of the center of Santiago. Currently, the sculpture is sheltered in the Historical and Military Museum. However, the Government confirmed its reinstallatio…
This Monday the government of Gabriel Boric announced with hype and saucers the return of the statue of General Manuel Baquedano to its historical plinth, in the Plaza Italia. The monument had been removed in 2021 after suffering a series of damages from October 18, 2019, when in Chile the social explosion took place and had as epicenter of the protests the Baquedano roundabout. Since it arrived to the government, the Boric administration has mu…
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