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Trump-allied Colombian president removes art exhibits he deems communist, sparking protests
The government says it is reviewing exhibits as civil rights groups, artists and students accuse it of erasing feminist, LGBTQ+ and political violence history.
- On Wednesday, demonstrators gathered outside the National Museum in Bogotá as Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella removed dozens of exhibits, describing the initiative as a "counterrevolution" against "atheist social communism."
- The removed exhibits addressed Colombia's political violence, feminist, and LGBTQ+ activism; critics accuse the government of censorship, warning it promotes an exclusively white, Catholic, and Spanish-speaking vision.
- Washington Office on Latin America director Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli said the approach mirrors a broader trend among President Donald Trump allies, while anthropologist Arturo Sanabria labeled the rhetoric "imported narratives about terrorism and about being 'woke.'"
- Culture Minister Paola Holguín is redesigning curatorial practices at other state-overseen museums, and The Foreign Ministry renamed a courtyard previously honoring an Indigenous leader as part of the campaign against "woke" ideology.
- Trump has been critical of museums tied to the Smithsonian Institution; a July White House report branded National Museum of American History leaders as "radical activists" and ordered signs installed that have not appeared.
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Trump-allied Colombian president removes art exhibits he deems communist, sparking protests
Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella says he is leading a cultural shift by removing exhibits from the National Museum.
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