The real thing Spain has to take responsibility for is the destruction of the sum total of knowledge amassed by the ancient American cultures. They did that through their relentless quest for treasure and their misguided efforts to eradicate what they saw as pagan beliefs.
An Italian, sailing from Portugal, “discovered” the Americas. But the Spanish conquistadors sailed from Cuba to Mexico. Maybe it is the US, who owes an apology to Hawaii for deposing its queen and annexing it.
The guy really doesn’t have anything better to do with his time? And he completely ignores the irony that he personally is of Spanish descent? This just reeks of empty-gesture faux patriotism by tweet.
Hope Mexico doesn’t go the way of Venezuela. You think we have immigration problems now, if they go totally socialist and grab all the industries it could ruin the country.
does Spain owe the apology to Mexico — Honduras, Peru, Argentina, etc. — or to the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, etc.? Mexico wasn’t really a think when Spain showed up.
My ancestors never went to America (except my grandfather who went to Cuba for two years to catch sponges and earn enough money to marry). It wouldn’t surprise me that AMLO’s ancestors had been there for centuries and came with the first colonisators. Who owes the apology then? Me, whose family never had anything to do with America, or him, whose ancestors were the ones who enslaved the natives?
x_Tech over 5 years ago
But shouldn’t that be Mexico and 3 Mexican countries?
PoodleGroomer over 5 years ago
They are upset because Spain took All of that gold and silver and lost all of it. Gone.
COL Crash over 5 years ago
The real thing Spain has to take responsibility for is the destruction of the sum total of knowledge amassed by the ancient American cultures. They did that through their relentless quest for treasure and their misguided efforts to eradicate what they saw as pagan beliefs.
Rabies65 over 5 years ago
An Italian, sailing from Portugal, “discovered” the Americas. But the Spanish conquistadors sailed from Cuba to Mexico. Maybe it is the US, who owes an apology to Hawaii for deposing its queen and annexing it.
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 5 years ago
The guy really doesn’t have anything better to do with his time? And he completely ignores the irony that he personally is of Spanish descent? This just reeks of empty-gesture faux patriotism by tweet.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Hope Mexico doesn’t go the way of Venezuela. You think we have immigration problems now, if they go totally socialist and grab all the industries it could ruin the country.
BubbleTape Premium Member over 5 years ago
does Spain owe the apology to Mexico — Honduras, Peru, Argentina, etc. — or to the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas, etc.? Mexico wasn’t really a think when Spain showed up.
Naldrin over 1 year ago
My ancestors never went to America (except my grandfather who went to Cuba for two years to catch sponges and earn enough money to marry). It wouldn’t surprise me that AMLO’s ancestors had been there for centuries and came with the first colonisators. Who owes the apology then? Me, whose family never had anything to do with America, or him, whose ancestors were the ones who enslaved the natives?