AP Interview: Barcelona mayor wants Columbus statue debate

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — While statues are being torn down in the United States, Britain and Belgium, depictions of colonial-era figures have not become a major source of protests in Spain, which once ruled over one of the largest empires in history after conquering much of the Americas. Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau is one of the few public officials who say Spain must revisit its colonial legacy — though she does not support some people’s calls to remove the city’s monument