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2019-03-26 Caribbean-Latin America

Mexico demands apology from Spain and the Vatican over conquest

[BBC] The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologise for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.

Speaking in the ruins of an ancient Mexican city, he called for a full account of the abuses.

Spain rejected the call and called for a "constructive perspective" instead.

'Brother nations'

Mr López Obrador was unsparing in his criticism of both Spain and the Vatican, saying: "The time has come to reconcile. But let us ask forgiveness first."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-03-26 04:14|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 ...HahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahNO.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-03-26 04:29|| 2019-03-26 04:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Got to remember that the army Cortez lead in the siege of Tenochtitlan was largely composed of native tribes throwing off the yoke of Aztec oppression. Sort of rips a the heart of the faux victimhood.

BTW, quit dumping your indios y mestizos upon us in order to retain the power of the purer Spanish blood overlords that own and operate Mexico.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-26 07:00|| 2019-03-26 07:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Is this Mexico's way of passing the tin cup around? Gimme Mo' Money!

Posted by Raj 2019-03-26 08:22|| 2019-03-26 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 ...from one of the PIGS? Them's doing the handout routine with their northern neighbors.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-03-26 09:35|| 2019-03-26 09:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Next thing you know, he's gonna want reparations.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-03-26 10:17|| 2019-03-26 10:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Dear Sir:

Your letter cannot be delivered. Isabella and Ferdinand are no longer living at this address. At this time, we have no forwarding information.

Posted by SteveS 2019-03-26 14:41|| 2019-03-26 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Waiting for the Texans to do the same over that little dust up at the Alamo....

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-03-26 15:11|| 2019-03-26 15:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Why? Everybody benefited from the destruction of the Aztecs. I would rather be ruled by the fractured, civil-war ridden "state" of Mexico, or even Syria, than people who quite literally spent their years conquering their neighbors and offering ten or hundreds of thousands of human sacrifices at a time.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-03-26 19:03|| 2019-03-26 19:03|| Front Page Top

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