Huge Columbus statue unveiled in Puerto Rico

Reuters ^ | 6/15/2016

[BBB333]

Actually, he made it to Australia.

It’s a bit closer to China...

[rlmorel]

Columbus was an interesting guy, to say the least.

He was not known to swear, but when he got really, REALLY, red-faced angry, the only oath he was known to utter was:

"God take you."

[Dick Bachert]

We have really special statues as well. "First we will take Eastern Europe, then the masses of Asia. We will encircle the last bastion of capitalism, the United States of America. We will not need to fight. It will fall as a ripe fruit into our hands." Lenin All indicators point to the spread of this madman's insanity throughout much of the rest of America and the world.  It begs this existential question:  WILL WE SURVIVE IT? We'll know more after November!

[fella]

I’ve never understood why Puerto Rico hasn’t been made into a manufacturing powerhouse being situated on an oceanic crossroads like it is.

[aquila48]

I wonder who paid for it. This is one of a set of two - the other is in Seville Spain where he started his voyage.

[cll]

Local politics suck, too.

[cll]

It’s a private project. Initially, a nutty mayor from a municipality across the bay from San Juan had accepted it, but various government afterwards rejected it because of cost estimates.

Now a private investor got it, and is developing a park around it.

[Jarhead9297]

Thank you then for the correction!!

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

I hope it’s not in the path of incoming aircraft into LMM airport....