CLAIMS PLANS FOR CHE GUEVERA STATUE COULD DAMAGE ARTS FESTIVAL

Date Published: 02-Jul-2012

A member of the U.S. House of representatives is warning that a proposed statue of revolutionary Che-Guevara in in the city will damage Galway's art festival.

Writing for online publication, NJ-dot-com, Ileana Ros-Lehinten, representative for Florida's 18th congressional district said 'Galway's beautiful beaches and vibrant arts festival will be marred with a memorial to a man who wished to end their way of life and violently replace it with tyranny'.

The proposal to erect the monument at a site in the city is expected to be raised at a meeting of Galway City Council in the coming months.

Patricio Lynch, the founder of the Argentine branch of Che's family was said to have been born in Galway in 1715.

City Councillor Billy Cameron, who is behind plans to erect the statue has dismissed claims that it could damage the Arts festival.