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Old October 17th, 2015 #1
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Default Portuguese dictator's statue still stands in Mozambique

MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — It is a curious vestige of Portugal's former rule over Mozambique, a statue of a dictator from the colonial era that faces a wall in downtown Maputo in what some observers joke is a kind of eternal punishment.

Mozambique got rid of many statues, street names and other symbols of colonial rule after independence in 1975, so the bronze statue of longtime Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar is a quirky survivor of an earlier era.

It is essentially out of sight from the public, situated in a courtyard of the national library where employees park their cars.

The statue, which depicts Salazar in academic robes, has been a target of jokes over the years because it gazes close-up at a wall. People who walk past mostly get a view of its back.

Salazar was put in the "dunce's corner," a blogger wrote several years ago.

Portuguese dictator's statue still stands in Mozambique - seattlepi.com

 
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