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500 years after Cortés’ conquest of the Aztecs, Mexico’s Indigenous roots live on
Yet, there is a simplistic story line that’s been woven about this legacy: Cortes and the Spanish conquest happened ... the Maya in southern Mexico and Guatemala. I’ve also had teachers ...
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500 Years Later, The Spanish Conquest Of Mexico Is Still Being Debated
So far, Spain has rejected that request. The story of the Spanish conquest, as it has been commonly understood for 500 years, goes like this: Montezuma surrendered his empire to Cortés.
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500 years after Spanish conquest, still under 'colonial domination'?
As Mexico looks back on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, an award-winning filmmaker wants his fellow Mexicans and others to confront their national identity — and re ...
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Mexico’s president wants Spain to apologize for the conquistadors, almost exactly 500 years later
MEXICO CITY — Five hundred years after the Spanish conquest of modern-day Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has a demand for the Spanish government: Apologize. López Obrador ...