Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador demands that Spanish King Felipe IV and Pope Francis apologize for old injuries. Spain does not intend to do so
López Obrador targets abuses committed during the Spanish conquest in the 16th century and subsequent colonial rule, which took place with the blessing of the Catholic Church.
“I have sent a letter to the King of Spain and another letter to the Pope asking for full coverage of the abuse and calling on me to indigenous peoples (in Mexico) for crimes against human rights, to apologize for today’s human rights. ” says López Obrador in a movie clip published on his Facebook page. “19659009]” There was massacre and oppression. The so-called conquest was carried out with the sword and with the cross. They built their churches on the Native Temple. ”
The Spanish conqueror The conquest began with a war against the kingdom of the Aztecs in 1519. After three centuries during the reign of the colonial power, the independent state of Mexico was formed in 1821.
And much more” The arrival of the Spaniards 500 years ago, Mexican territory can not be judged against the background of current circumstances, “writes Mexico in a negative response.
