Historians considered that the request of AMLO to the king of Spain to ask pardon for the conquest "divides the population"

A day after the announcement of the news, the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, had asked the King of Spain to offer excuses for the grievances committed during the conquest and the colonySome historians of the European country and Mexicans have expressed their opinion on this subject, agreeing that the president's initiative is anachronistic.

Jesús Esteban Bustamante, historian of the Higher Council of Scientific Research Spanish, said in an interview euronews it is probably Obrador has problems in the interior of the country and therefore seeks refuge in scandalous situations from abroad.

"It's always a good solution to look for an outside rush to silence the interior," he said. To this he added that It's a commemorative moment of conquest because of the 500th anniversary of the event.

According to him, although there was a large number of deaths in this process of colonization, it can not be said that it was a genocidebecause that happens when "there is a expressing his willingness to end a population"and in Mexico it was the opposite.

He pointed out that in any case, the conquest in the American country concerned some indigenous peoples more than others. Perhaps this situation will reoccur 500 years later, with the notorious inequality that exists in Mexico.

The historian Arno Burkholder de la Rosa spoke about it euronews It is the responsibility of the Mexican government to ensure that all Mexicans live in equality. "500 years have pbaded and many things have changed, the truth is that if my country has great inequality, if indigenous peoples are treated with contempt, it is not the responsibility of Spain, Spain left here in 1821. "

Like Bustamante, of the Rose does not agree with the need for the King of Spain to apologize, inter alia because the King Felipe VI has no connection with Catholic kings, who are the ones who funded Christopher Columbus' trip.

He pointed out that "in 1836, when the two countries reestablished their relations, the Treaty of Calatrava was signed. Article 2 states that "all offenses committed in the past are forgotten"

"López Obrador appeals to an excuse that divides the population," condemned de la Rosa, explaining that the great controversy aroused in Mexico is largely due to the fact that the population has not finished badimilating that it is the product of a mix of many cultures.

Contrary to these two visions, we find José María Muriá Rouret, who explained to euronews What the Spanish government has a negative view of indigenous peoples from America. For him, aFormulating an official apology would be important if one wishes to improve relations between the two countries.

"Felipe VI is not directly responsible for anything, but he is the king of Spain and he wants to improve his relations with Mexico, should have a gesture of sympathy or relative reflection for this long process. "

Unlike other historians, Rouret believes that there is a "imperial pride that survives in Spain"What causes this as a country never gives rise to relations of equals, but of superiority.

After the statements of López Obrador, the big debate that remains is whether Spain's excuses could actually help the historic reconciliation not only between the two nations but Mexicans with the construction of their identity as a half-breed country.