Overview
- A user on X highlighted that the Bahía Blanca monument appeared in Google Maps as “Monumento a Saddam Hussein,” drawing wide attention on social media.
- The tribute is a stylized silhouette of former president Raúl Alfonsín, installed in 2023 by the Bahía Blanca Radical Committee at the Cabrera–Atilio Fruet roundabout.
- Juan Cruz Lissarrague, president of Juventud Radical de Bahía Blanca, submitted a formal modification request to Google and shared a screenshot of the filing.
- La Nación reported the marker had been restored to “Monumento Dr. Raul Ricardo Alfonsín,” while La Nueva said the mislabel persisted at its time of publication.
- The current status of the Google Maps entry remains uncertain pending explicit confirmation from the platform.