Mexico’s President is Asking for an Apology from King Felipe VI and the Pope 500 Years After Historical Conquest

26. Hernan Cortes Arrived in Mexico in 1519

Of course, at that time, the place wasn’t known as Mexico. It wasn’t a country, but rather a collection of imperial states ruled by the Aztecs and Maya. He was a conquistador and had a very straightforward agenda: gold, God, and glory. What that agenda amounted to was a genocidal slaughter of the Aztecs and the fall of their empire.