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Syria denounces theft of valuable statues from National Museum

Published on: November 13, 2025
12:07

Damascus, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) The Syrian Ministry of Culture denounced the theft of several pieces from the National Museum of Damascus and issued a circular with detailed specifications of six missing statues for their location and recovery.

Chileans celebrate Marti statue’s return to a Santiago park (+Photo)

Published on: August 7, 2025
09:02

Santiago, Chile, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) After several months of absence due to an attempted theft, the statue of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti is back in Portales park in Yungay neighborhood on Thursday.

Statue of Martí removed in Chile due to possible vandalism

Published on: February 26, 2025
16:47

Santiago, Chile, Feb 26 (Prensa Latina) The absence of the statue of José Martí at Yungay Square, Chile, has raised concern here on Wednesday, due to the possibility of attempted vandalism, although authorities confirmed that it was protected.

Esteban Lazo pays tribute to Fidel Castro in Moscow (+Photos)

Published on: September 30, 2023
08:07

Moscow, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Esteban Lazo, president of the National People's Power Assembly of Cuba (ANPP-Parliament), paid tribute here today to the historic leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro (1926-2016).

Bahaman PM lays wreath at Jose Marti statue in Cuba

Published on: December 20, 2022
13:46

Havana, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Philip Davis, on Tuesday laid a wreath in this capital at the equestrian statue of Cuban National Hero Jose Marti.

Mexico City to swap Columbus statue for one of Olmec woman

Published on: September 10, 2021
08:41

Mexico, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) A major monument (Tlali) to an Olmec woman is going up on one of Mexico City´s most prominent Paseo de la Reforma, permanently displacing a controversial nearly 150-year-old bronze statue of Christopher Colombus, local press reported on Friday.

Lopez Obrador stands for replacing statue of Christopher Columbus

Published on: September 8, 2021
13:17

Mexico, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stood on Wednesday for the decision to replace the statue of Christopher Columbus on 'Paseo de la Reforma' by a sculpture dedicated to indigenous women.

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