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In a letter addressed to the Supreme Pontiff, the president insisted that both the Crown and the government of Spain, as well as the Vatican, should apologize to the original (indigenous) peoples for the “most disgraceful atrocities” committed since the Spanish invasion in 1521.
“They deserve not only that generous attitude on our part but also the sincere commitment that never, ever, acts disrespectful to their beliefs and cultures will be committed,” states the letter that López Obrador posted on Twitter.
Beatriz met with Pope Francis, whom I respect and admire as a religious leader and head of state. He told me that he treated her with affection and expressed his willingness to maintain good relations for the good of the people. Here is the letter I wrote him: https://t.co/mEGZAdAaAc pic.twitter.com/x0fG2NpHJj
– Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) October 10, 2020
Much less “they will be judged for economic or religious reasons,” adds the letter, dated October 2 and delivered to the religious leader by the wife of the Mexican president, Beatriz Gutiérrez.
Spain must also apologize for the invasion of America, according to Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Already in March 2019, López Obrador had sent a letter to King Felipe VI of Spain and Pope Francis with the same request, but the Spanish government “firmly” rejected the request.
The Mexican president launched this call in the framework of the commemoration in 2021 of the 500 years of the European invasion and the 200 of Independence.
Pope Francis offered a similar apology in 2015 in Bolivia for the complicity of the Catholic Church in the oppression of Latin America during the colonial era.
In the document, López Obrador also asked the Vatican for the loan of 4 pre-Hispanic codices to be exhibited at the commemorative acts of the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence next year.
Previously, he sued his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, for the loan of 2 of the pre-Columbian codices in a letter delivered on Friday by Gutiérrez.
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