This article examines the toppling of the Sebastián de Belalcázar monument in Cali, Columbia, as part of democratizing dynamics. On April 28, 2021, indigenous groups and young Columbians initiated this monument toppling during a nationwide general strike directed at a contested tax reform, the inadequate response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the noncompliance with peace treaties by the government of Iván Duque. The action became a symbol for resistance against neocolonial structures and injustice and led in return to the erection of the Monumento a la Resistencia. This quick transition to self-historicization and the use of popular visual idioms attest to the dynamics of the protest movements and the relevance of historical monuments to memory politics. The Belalcázar statue was finally rebuilt in November 2022, accompanied by a new plaque that, paradoxically, honored the resistance of the indigenous people against the Spanish conquest. Thus, the dispute over monuments and the occupation of public space by memory politics became a battle for socioeconomic justice.