Mexico City to review Azerbaijan statue
AP foreign, Monday October 22 2012

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico City’s government has appointed a committee
to review and recommend a solution to the controversy over a life-size
statue of Azerbaijan’s “founder of the nation” recently erected on the
city’s main boulevard.

The Stalin-esque, bronze statue of late authoritarian leader Geidar
Aliyev was erected by the Azerbaijan embassy, which paid for the
renovation of part of the city park where it sits.

A second statue donated by the Caucasus republic appears in another
park they paid to renovate in downtown Mexico City.

The city’s leftist government said Monday it had appointed a
three-member commission of academics and experts to review complaints
about the statues and recommend what should be done about them.