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

Trista April 2, 2019 15 min

31. After Taking Office, He Asked Spain and the Vatican to Apologize

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (right) holding his Voter ID upside down along with Marti Batres (center). Eneas De Troya / Wikimedia Commons.

He wanted them to apologize for human rights abuses that occurred against indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexico that happened five centuries ago. Those abuses, which amounted to genocide, occurred in Spain’s attempt to convert the indigenous peoples to Roman Catholicism.

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31. After Taking Office, He Asked Spain and the Vatican to Apologize

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