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Apparently this is a monument to the Inca nobleman Cahuide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahuide
Reportedly the sculpture is by three brothers: Luis Alberto Yanqui Yucra, Raúl Oswaldo Yanqui Yucra, and Rodolfo Edwin Yanqui Yucra, and it was made fairly recently (source in Spanish).
The name of the sculpture is "Cahuide against the Spaniard". Here's a picture of the sculptors with the statue:
(source in Spanish.)