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1
Maart
2019

Mexico’s president asks Spain’s king to apologize for conquest-era abuses

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📅 1 Maart 2019 📍 Spanje

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent a letter to King Felipe VI and Pope Francis asking for an apology for abuses against Indigenous peoples during the conquest. The request triggered a diplomatic dispute and raised the question of whether a modern European monarchy would acknowledge colonial violence.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Felipe VI

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Government of Mexico

Spanish Royal House