Statue of Benito Juárez (Chicago)



A 16-foot statue of Benito Juárez, President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872, is installed in the Plaza of the Americas (Chicago) along Michigan Avenue, just north of the Wrigley Building in Illinois. It was donated to the city by the Consulate-General of Mexico in February 1999, replacing a bust gifted by president José López Portillo in 1977.