Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, are now demanding a Spanish apology for the abuses that were committed against the indigenous mexican population during the Spanish colonization of the Americas for more than 500 years ago.
It writes Reuters.
the Claim comes in a letter to Spanish king Felipe VI and has already brought arouses strong feelings among several Spanish politicians, including call it ‘an intolerable affront to the Spanish people’.
on Top of the Spanish reactions was the mexican president is quick to establish that he did not want a confrontation with the government of Spain, but would only promote reconciliation and strengthen the ties between the two countries.
Spain is one of Mexico’s largest sources of foreign investment. A bad relationship with the european country may cost mexicans dearly.
Asked whether he would demand apologies from France or the UNITED states for their historic intervention in Mexico replied the president ‘for his time’.
France invaded Mexico in the 1860’s and inmates Maximilian from fyrstefamilien Habsburg as emperor, while the americans through time have had several encounters with their southern neighbours – the most famous of the mexican-american war from 1846 to 1848, when Mexico lost half of its area.