"He's apologizing," released Perez-Reverte before AMLO asks the King of Spain to apologize for the conquest

Andrés Manuel López Obrador revealed that he had sent letters to King Philip VI and Pope Francis asking that apologize for Spanish grievances against indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexican territory almost 500 years ago.

"He apologizes, he has Spanish names and lives there. If this individual really believes what he says, he is a fool. If you do not believe it, it's a scoundrel, " He wrote on his official Twitter account.

For its part, at an event in Tabasco for the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Centla, López Obrador explained that an apology from the government of Spain and the Catholic Church, seek a "historic reconciliation".

"We invite you to together, report on what has happened since the beginning of the invasion, the three centuries of colonialism and the 200 years of independent Mexico. That a historical record is made, in particular that the grievances that have been committed and suffered by Aboriginal peoples are recognized. May the Spanish crown make this recognition and the same thing to the Catholic Church. "

The President of Mexico explained that the Spanish conquest was not only the meeting of two cultures, but an invasion in which "acts of authoritarianism, subjugation were committed. Thousands of people were murdered throughout this period. One culture was imposed, one civilization on another, to the extent that the temples were built, the churches above the ancient temples of the pre-Hispanic peoples. "

"All this must be told, we must know, we must also recognize what the colonial pillaging of our natural resources meant, but it is not the purpose of resuscitating these differences, but to expose them, not to stay underground Even if he refuses, there are open sores and it is better to recognize that there have been abuses and that mistakes have been made. It is better to ask for forgiveness and, from there, to seek to be united in historical reconciliation. "

The initiative of López Obrador seeks to commemorate the 500 years of taking Tenochtitlán from the point of view of forgiveness. "We could not do it without familiarizing ourselves with what happened and the King of Spain does it. Pope Francis has already done it in Bolivia and we want them to do it here in Mexico. "

Apologies from the Mexican state

He argued that not only the Government of Spain asks to ask forgiveness, but he will do it also "in the name of the Mexican state".

"I will apologize for the abuses that were committed especially because of the oppression of indigenous communities, indigenous peoples; apologize for the extermination of the Yaqui people during the Porfiriato, for the repression of the Maya people.

López Obrador said that for the commemoration of 500 years of conquest in 2021, they will call a group of Mexicans, "so that they can prepare a joint action that we want to carry out with Spain and with the Catholic Church."