Event
Mexico asks Spain for an apology, 2019
In March 2019 Mexico's president wrote to the King of Spain and the Pope asking them to apologise to indigenous peoples; Spain's government rejected the request.
- Dates
- Mar 2019
In March 2019 Mexico’s president wrote to the King of Spain and the Pope asking them to apologise to indigenous peoples; Spain’s government rejected the request.
Connections 7
interventions
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador Mar 2019 wrote the letters Scholarship & press 1
- Felipe VI Mar 2019 the letter was addressed to him Scholarship & press 2
- Government of Spain 25 Mar 2019 rejected the request in a statement Scholarship & press 2
involved
- Andrés Manuel López Obrador Scholarship & press 2
- Felipe VI According to Andrés Manuel López Obrador Scholarship & press 1
- Government of Spain Scholarship & press 23
- Pope Francis According to Andrés Manuel López Obrador Scholarship & press 1
Timeline 4 dates
- Mar 2019 Mexico asks Spain for an apology, 2019
- Mar 2019 Andrés Manuel López Obrador intervened in Mexico asks Spain for an apology, 2019
- Mar 2019 Felipe VI intervened in Mexico asks Spain for an apology, 2019
- 25 Mar 2019 Government of Spain intervened in Mexico asks Spain for an apology, 2019
Proof 3 sources
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Mexican president says Spain should ask forgiveness for crimes against indigenous Mexicans (Reuters, as published by NBC News, 26 March 2019), Reuters, via NBC News, 26 Mar 2019.
Scholarship & press
I already sent a letter to the king of Spain and another letter to the Pope so that they ask forgiveness of indigenous peoples for violations of what are now known as human rights
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Guy Hedgecoe, Mexico's demand for conquest apology enrages Spaniards, The Irish Times, 26 March 2019, The Irish Times, 26 Mar 2019.
Scholarship & press
Spain’s Socialist government responded to the news of the letters, which were dated March 1st, by saying that King Felipe had nothing to apologise for.
The arrival, 500 years ago, of Spaniards in Mexican territory cannot be judged in the light of contemporary considerations
an apology for the violations of what are now known as human rights – there were massacres, there was coercion, the so-called conquest was carried out with the sword and the cross.
Our two peoples have always known how to read our shared past without anger and with a constructive outlook, as free peoples with a common legacy and an extraordinary influence.
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Sheinbaum reconoce 'el gesto' del rey de España Felipe VI, quien dijo que 'hubo mucho abuso' en la conquista de México (BBC News Mundo, as published by Acento, 17 March 2026; in Spanish), BBC News Mundo, via Acento, 17 Mar 2026.
Scholarship & press
La llegada, hace 500 años, de los españoles a las actuales tierras mexicanas no puede juzgarse a la luz de consideraciones contemporáneas
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