The "forgiveness" that was not granted to Tlaxcala for his alliance with the Spanish during the conquest

The letter that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the King of Spain and the pope to apologize to Mexico Conquest, has not only reopened the debate on "forgiveness" or no Spanish abuse.

He also reminded Mexicans that Tlaxcala, the smallest state of the country, The fall of the Tenochtitlan empire has been a key element for the Spaniards.

And even if the subject has been taken up till now, It's an "injury" that has not stopped hurting Mexicans. State residents have always received humorous comments about their betrayal, although this has happened 500 years.

"They ask you" where are you from? "and you say" Tlaxcala "and then comes the nickname (traitor). Before this situation was stronger than nowbut still, "he says. Marcelina Sánchez on the portal Animal Político digital information.

This "harbadment" is aggravated in social networks. People make satirical comments about what would be better than the government of the state of Tlaxcala apologized to the whole country for its alliance with the Spaniards.

Why "treason"?

In 1519, the Tlaxcalans decided to combine with Spanish end the Tenochtitlan governmentbecause they stayed subject to an economic blockade imposed by the Mexicas.

They were not subject to them, but they were surrounded by cities that they were subjects of the Aztecsso they have been isolated. They became a community of warriors very independent of the rest.

They did not feel part of the community; they did not have a sense of loyalty to the great empire. The situation that they have never felt that betrayed the "their".

When Hernán Cortés' army arrived at the center of present-day Mexico, The Tlaxcalans understood that it was better for them to join them than to fight against them.

Thus, the Conquest was made easier because they had a army and resources close to the Aztec empire. In return, the inhabitants of Tlaxcala received special treatment and they received land and wealth.

The results of the alliance are visible today. The state has mainly Spanish and colonial architecture. In addition to keeping European traditions.

However, the Mexican territory did not call them traitors until after independence. Being in good relations with the Spanish colony, they did not participate actively. Then, the nationalists have designated Tlaxcalans as disloyal. The same Benito Juarez said about them "they preferred an insidious revenge to the national honor".

Since then have been mortified by the rest of the country because of the actions they have committed your ancestors.

"We have been labeled unfairly (as traitors), but we really are not. This stigma has long resonated in our state, in the spirit"said Roberto Núñez, secretary of state tourism at BBC Mundo.

The official also said that he was now working to bring the rest of the Mexicans to Tlaxcala to end the stigma "There are things in history that can not be changed, but they can be evaluated. There was an alliance that gave birth to what eventually became Mexico, the great nation, miscegenation"he explained.