Columbus Day under President Hugo Chávez, the holiday was changed to "Día de la Resistencia Indígena" (Day of Indigenous Resistance) to commemorate the Indigenous peoples' resistance to European settlement. On October 12, 2004, a crowd of pro-government activists toppled the statue of Christopher Columbus in Caracas and sprayed allusive graffiti over its pedestal. The pro-Chávez website Aporrea wrote: "Just like the statue of Saddam in Baghdad, that of Columbus the tyrant also fell this October 12, 2004 in Caracas". The famous toppling of Saddam Hussein's statue had occurred the previous year. On September 21, 1994, Costa Rica changed the official holiday from
Filipino Heritage Month Filipino Heritage Month Filipino Heritage Month is a month-long celebration in Canada. Filipino Heritage Month was introduced by Councillor Neethan Shan in November 2017, along with Paulina Corpuz whom started the petition, where the city council passed the motion unanimously. Starting 2018, Toronto celebrated Filipino Heritage Month in June, becoming Canadian's first city to create heritage month for Filipinos. The Toronto Catholic District School Board also voted on May 17 of 2018 to declare June 12th to be Filipino Heritage Day and June to be Filipino Heritage Month, across all Catholic elementary and secondary school in Toronto. As of June