Statue of Spanish governor removed from New Mexico park
June 19, 2020 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Crews in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Thursday removed a statue of a Spanish territorial governor from a city park and two other markers were slated to come down as monuments to historical figures were being dismantled across the country...
New Mexico accord unveiled over event celebrating ‘conquest’
August 29, 2018 GMTSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Hispanic and Native American leaders in New Mexico locked in a dispute over the annual re-enactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe - which has drawn comparisons to the Confederate monument debate - announced plans Wednesday aimed at "reconciliation...
Fiesta changes leave some locals feeling cast aside
August 26, 2018 GMTIn a city rooted in traditions, change doesn’t always come easily.
Santa Feans in recent weeks witnessed the end of the Entrada, a dramatization commemorating what had been called the “peaceful reoccupation” of the city by Spanish conquistador Don Diego de Vargas after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.