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March 26, 2019

Mexican President Calls on Spain, Pope to Apologize for Colonial Past
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And in Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is calling on Spain
and the Vatican to apologize for the "abuses" of colonialism. AMLO
released a video Monday, speaking in front of the archaeological site of
Comalcalco in the state of Tabasco.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador: "I sent a letter to the Spanish
king and another letter to Pope Francis for an account of incidents and
to ask for an apology to the first peoples for the violations of what is
now known as human rights. There were massacres, force, known as the
conquest. It was done with the sword and the cross. They raised churches
on top of temples."

The government of Spain has rejected the request, saying events from 500
years ago "cannot be judged in the light of contemporary
considerations."


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