“The so-called conquest was accomplished with the sword and the cross. Thousands of people were murdered during this period. A culture was imposed, one civilization on top of another...where Catholic churches were constructed on top of the temples of pre-Hispanic peoples.” - AMLO
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“A society needs to know where it comes from to know where it is going,” Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s City mayor,said at a forum last month detailing plans for the occasion. “How can we resolve some of our great problems if we don’t know where they began?”
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"Both Spain and the Vatican have rebuffed the president’s demands for apologies. Events from five centuries ago cannot be judged by “contemporary considerations,” the Spanish government said."
"The Catholic Church pointed out that during a 2015 trip to Bolivia, Pope Francis already apologized for colonial-era abuses committed against Indigenous populations in the Americas."
“We want him to do it in Mexico too,” President López Obrador shot back."
“We want him to do it in Mexico too,” President López Obrador shot back."
"Mexican officials have dubbed the remembrance “500 Years of Indigenous Resistance.”
Mexico City renamed the plaza where a grief-stricken Cortés supposedly mourned his losses as Noche Victoriosa, or Night of Victory.
Amid Friday’s memorial events, none are planned for Cortés."
Mexico City renamed the plaza where a grief-stricken Cortés supposedly mourned his losses as Noche Victoriosa, or Night of Victory.
Amid Friday’s memorial events, none are planned for Cortés."
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