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Trinidad & Tobago citizens debate what to do with statues of Columbus and other colonial-era figures

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS and other colonial-era figures came under scrutiny in Trinidad and Tobago during a lengthy debate in the capital on Wednesday.

The government had asked residents of the twin-island Caribbean nation if they supported the removal of statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and if so, how those spaces should be used.

One by one, people of African, European and Indigenous descent stepped up to the microphone and responded.

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