Uruguay to turn Nazi relic into peace symbol

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 18, 2023 12:10 am

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay: Uruguay will melt down a bronze eagle found on a sunken World War 2-era German destroyer off its coast 13 years ago, and recast it as a dove of peace, the South American country's president said Friday (Saturday in Manila).

The 350-kilogram (770-pound) 'symbol of violence and war' will be turned into a 'symbol of peace and union,' President Luis Lacalle Pou told journalists in the capital Montevideo.

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