Trump-allied Colombian president removes art exhibits he deems communist, sparking protests
The removals targeted exhibits on feminist, LGBTQ+ and political violence history, and critics say the government is erasing marginalized communities’ stories.
- 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.
After the Colombian president promised a "patriotic struggle against 'wokism'", more than 30 works alluding to sexual diversity, political violence and the peace process were withdrawn from the National Museum of Bogotá, the most important in the South American country. The measure goes in line with other actions with which the ultra-right government claims to want to combat a supposed "political indoctrination", but referents of the sector and …
The action responds to the "cultural counterrevolution" announced by President Abelardo de la Espriella. Several Colombian museums have shown their rejection of the decision and this weekend a demonstration took place
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