The friar Antonio de Montesinos was a big supporter of the Taino Indians . The monument in Santo Domingo that honors the memory of Fray Antonio de Montesinos was donated to the country by Mexico in 1982 . On the upper terrace of the monument , it is contemplated a giant statue representing Montesinos when gesticulating in his Advent sermon at the entrance to the port city . The friar Antonio de Montesinos was a big supporter of the Taino Indians , came to the island with the first friars of the Dominican Order immediately identified , like the other members of the brotherhood , to the hardships suffered by Aboriginal In 1511 on the fourth Sunday of Advent , Montesinos threw a brave sermon against the conquerors and their barbarism . Already for Osorio in 1606 census there were only several Indian families . The monument commemorates this fact . It is located on the waterfront of the capital city .
