elian: traditional series delcrisóbal parade dayconon.participating in the parade in frontto wings of 1,000,000 ofviewers. the nextreport is stephanie ías.>> throughout the entireAmerican continent every yearsecond Monday in October isobserve holiday of the day ofcoon. a celebration that ishas become controversial.they feel that what is being celebratedoppression of the indigenous people.>> coon represents whatwe have always said, alie. genocide, violence,rape women, girls.stephanie: crisóbal coón seattributes the discount of theaeric on October 12,1492 when he got to what to doIt’s the Bahamas and then Cuba.the current island of úbricaDominican and haií. aá newYork ask to be removedthe statues while making acalled to celebrate ourindigenous inheritance instead ofcommemorate the abuses to whichwere subjected.not everyone agrees and inthat there was noindigenous populations sufferedin granadilla after arrivalof coón, they emphasize that the yes isa historical characterimportant it deserves to behonored.>> you have to separate one thing fromthe other, I don’t think thatcoon been responsibledirect from genocides. noHe was a military commander, he was aboater, I’m not excusingni justifying crisóbalconon.stephanie two. they don’t believe eitherto cancel and remove statuesbe appropriate.>> one can judge what I knowmade yesterday by the standards oftoday.all the founderspint of slaves. this is ittaking a little too far.if they are going to cancel the column thatwill punish washington.stephanie: some citiesthey removed their statues ofcoon and stopped observingthis holidayhonoring instead ofindigenous communities this was going.local activists hope thatnew york very soon do thesame.
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