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Offline TomSea

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Mexico demands apology from Spain and the Vatican over conquest

Mexico's 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 500 years ago.


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

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

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

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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2019, 11:40:04 am »
Or they will cut out a child's beating heart?