What is the October 12 called in different Latin American countries?

[MilHojas]

What October 12 Is Called in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and More — Why None of Them Call It "Día de la Raza"

Five Latin American nations renamed October 12 but chose different names. Here's what each country changed, why it matters, and what the debate still means today.

www.latintimes.com

 

[retiredbanker]

Columbus Day celebrates his discovery of the new world. Period.

 

[Ries]

Columbus, as they say in America, discovered Mana Imapis.
Europeans had visited 500 or so years before he did.
The people who lived here had "discovered" the New World, by immigrating from the Asiatic/Euro landmass, at least 20,000 years before he arrived.

Its like saying, a NY tourist arrives in Buenos Aires, and "discovers" dulce de leche.

 

[FrankPintor]

Irish mariners and Viking sailors got there a long time before Columbus. Fin.

 

[retiredbanker]

Irish mariners and Viking sailors got there a long time before Columbus. Fin.

Is an Irish mariner like an Italian war hero?

 

[FrankPintor]

Is an Irish mariner like an Italian war hero?

Still on a roll, I see.

You’re rather in the wrong country to denigrate Irish mariners, given the role of William (Guillermo) Brown as one of the foundational “proceres” in this country. If you’re even here, of course.

Brendan the Navigator may be the stuff of legends, but there are Ogham inscriptions in America that need explanation. Vikings got there too, before Columbus. And would Garibaldi satisfy your criteria for an Italian war hero?

Your ignorance is on full display here, you used to be a bit better.

I have nothing against Columbus, he made a magnificent voyage into the then unknown before striking land in the Bahamas.

 

[retiredbanker]

Still on a roll, I see.

You’re rather in the wrong country to denigrate Irish mariners, given the role of William (Guillermo) Brown as one of the foundational “proceres” in this country. If you’re even here, of course.

Brendan the Navigator may be the stuff of legends, but there are Ogham inscriptions in America that need explanation. Vikings got there too, before Columbus. And would Garibaldi satisfy your criteria for an Italian war hero?

Your ignorance is on full display here, you used to be a bit better.

I have nothing against Columbus, he made a magnificent voyage into the then unknown before striking land in the Bahamas.

On a roll, hardly but after 15 years here, I'm tired of expat libs who (mistakenly) think they know it all.

 

[Ries]

Is an Irish mariner like an Italian war hero?

Italy did not exist as a country for a couple of hundred years after his death. It became a country in 1861.
Columbus was born in Spainish territory, and was a spainard until he died.
and I have been here since 2007, and I am still, obviously an expat, although not a "lib", I am far to the left of that.

 

[FrankPintor]

On a roll, hardly but after 15 years here, I'm tired of expat libs who (mistakenly) think they know it all.

So, to surmise, 15 years in country’, first post on the forum 8 years ago while waiting for a Residencia Precaria. No problem! Though I did think bankers, even retired ones, could count?

I do admire your ability to dodge questions, though.

I am, of course, a liberal, though in the European sense, and very far from knowing everything, but always willing to call out obvious fakes.

Your earliest posts were downright nasty. Why all the name-calling? What’s wrong with you?

 

[Alby]

Why all the name-calling? What’s wrong with you?

Good question, Frank. Since tonight we're into scraping through others' posting history, let's see if you "resiste el archivo". The "immensely decent US American visiting in November" you referred to over in the JD Vance visit post is actually as much Peruvian as he is American. But you don't like them:

• "the wave of Venezuelan migration, difficult as it is to absorb, for what it is: the most educated, best English-speaking, most easily assimilated immigrants in their history. Would they have preferred Peruvians?
• For sure, I had a good contract, lived in the Miraflores bubble, but having had Peruvians daily trying to cheat me, lying to me, and trying to scam me, I’ll pass. Maybe you’d want to classify it as cholo rather than Inca culture, but it’s nasty.