Mexico demands Spain apologize for colonial abuse of indigenous people
(The Guardian Mexico)

In letter to Spanish king, President Obrador cites massacres and oppression during conquest of Mexico Mexico´s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to Spanish King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for the `abuses` of colonialism and the conquest.In a video filmed at the ruins of the indigenous city of Comalcalco, in southern Mexico, the anti-establishment leftist called on Spain and the Vatican to recognize the rights violations committed during the conquest of Mexico, which began 500 years ago, and the colonial period that followed.Estamos en Comalcalco, vamos a Centla a conmemorar 500 años de la batalla de los españoles contra la resistencia de los mayas-chontales. pic.twitter.com/glYO0eAMtX Related: Spain fights to dispel legend of Inquisition and imperial atrocities Continue reading...