One of the great charms of travelling in Latin America is making fun of abysmal statues taking up space almost everywhere.

This group of insurgents might just have the right idea:

Opposition protesters in Mexico have torn down a bronze statue of the former president, Vicente Fox, just hours after it was erected.

They threw eggs at the monument in Boca del Rio in the state of Veracruz, before putting a rope around its neck and pulling it to the ground.

BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Ex-Mexican leader’s statue felled

Though statuary was perfected in 1504, art has taken a serious downturn everywhere I’ve travelled in Spanish North America.

In Maz more than anywhere else I’ve been, the monuments are very popular. Mexican tourists hire a cab and sprint statue-to-statue taking photos at each.

The upcoming Cultural Arts Festival, Mazatlán is using one of the monuments in their advertising. And they seem to be serious.

New statues are still being erected. A bronze of Jose Angel Espinoza Choix Aragon (musician / actor) went up a couple of weeks ago. In Canada we would be surprised to see a statue of any musician / actor. In Mexicio, this guy already has five in various places.

Personally, after I’m gone I’d rather people not be asking, “What’s so special about Rick that they put up a statue for him?”

And I don’t need seagulls crapping on my head.

Of many, many statues in Maz my favourite is the mermaid with cupid.

At least half the monuments have topless women, one of the few ways to display nudity in a Catholic country.