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BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: People at the main demonstration for the national day of spain on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: An undocumented person sells Spanish flags at the main demonstration on Spain's national day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: People at the main demonstration on Spain's national day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A man dresses up as Tejero at the main demonstration for Spain's national day. on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A man sits next to the main demonstration for Spain's national day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: An association of Ecuadorians dance on the national day of spain on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A group of demonstrators covered with the Spanish flag at the main demonstration on Spain's national day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: Alternative ultra right-wing demonstration for the national day of Spain under the slogan "Glory and honour to our heroes of 1492" on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: Right-wing extremist sympathisers give Nazi salute at alternative demonstration to Spain's National Day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A man burns a pro-independence flag with a flare at the far-right demonstration during an alternative celebration of Spain's National Day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A person makes the Nazi salute at the alternative far-right demonstration on Spain's national day with the slogan "Glory and honour to our heroes of 1492" on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A man with tattooed Nazi symbols shouts at the far-right demonstration during an alternative celebration of Spain's National Day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: A man makes the fascist salute while others wave pre-constitutional flags as far-right protesters march during an alternative celebration of Spain's National Day on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

BARCELONA, SPAIN - OCTOBER 12: Some 200 people attended the floral tribute to the statue of Christopher Columbus in Barcelona on the occasion of Columbus Day organised by VOX on October 12, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

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Spain's National Day Overshadowed By Colonialist Past

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Spain's National Day Overshadowed By Colonialist Past

October 12 marks a public holiday in Spain to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to the island of San Salvador, now GuanahanÌ, Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 - both celebrated and despised as it also reminds indigenous people of a brutal history of conquest. (Photo by Zowy Voeten/Getty Images)

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