The mayor of Lima has nixed the president’s plans to hoist in her city a really big statue of Jesus Christ — a statue that looks suspiciously like one in Brazil:
The mayor of the Peru’s capital may have spoiled President Alan Garcia’s plans to erect a huge statue of Jesus similar to Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer on a hill overlooking Lima’s Pacific coastline.
In this June 10, 2011 photo provided by Peru's Presidential Press Office, Peru's President Alan Garcia, second from the left, walks next to the upper section of the "Christ of the Pacific" statue in Chorrillos, Peru.
Lima Mayor Susana Villaran says Garcia didn’t ask her before announcing on Friday his intention to have “Christ of the Pacific” put up for a June 29 inauguration. The statue will be 22 meters (72 feet) high and stand atop a 15-meter (49-foot) base.
Villaran has criticized its suitability and lack of originality – it resembles the famed Rio de Janeiro work.
