{"id":5651,"date":"2026-10-10T21:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2026-10-10T22:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:25:27","slug":"columbus-day-dia-de-la-raza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexiconewsreport.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/10\/columbus-day-dia-de-la-raza\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Day\/Dia de la Raza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”<\/strong> Thus begins a poem by Jean Marzollo. October 12th, 1492 is the date Columbus landed on Guanahani Island in the Bahamas, in the Western Hemisphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Desembarco de Col\u00f3n by Di\u00f3scoro Puebla of Spain, 1862. Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Spain, Columbus Day is known as D\u00eda de la Hispanidad<\/em> (Day of Hispanicity). In Spanish-speaking Latin American countries it was traditionally known as D\u00eda<\/em> de la Raza<\/em>, Day of the Race, referring to the Mestizo Race, produced by a fusion of Spaniards and Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years though, Columbus’ stock has been going down in both the U.S.A. and Latin America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, then-President AMLO changed the name of the celebration in Mexico to D\u00eda de la Naci\u00f3n Pluricultural<\/em>, “Day of the Multicultural Nation”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But consider this: most Mexicans are of both Spanish and Indian ancestry. Therefore, if it weren’t for Columbus and Hernan Cortes and others, most Mexicans would not exist. As for the full-blood Indians and full-blood whites in Mexico, they most likely wouldn’t exist either, as they probably wouldn’t have had the same ancestors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Day, October 12th, commemorates the day Christopher Columbus brought Western Civilization to the New World. All New World nation-states, including both Mexico and the United States, are results of that discovery in 1492.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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