I kept seeing this statue on my lunchtime run from the East Bank Club. Looking it up, this is Benito Juarez, the president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. It is located in the courtyard next to the old Chicago Sun-Times Building. I thought it had a very dictator-like stance, like one you would see in a Soviet bloc country. Yet, he established the rule of law in Mexico and supported Mexican nationalism in a time when the US and the European powers were trying to solidify spheres of influence. Anyway, now I know who to say hi to on my way back from my weekly runs.
