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Mexico changes name of place where Spanish conqueror Cortés wept bitterly to 'Victory' plaza

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Mexico City, Jul 27 (EFE).- The so-called Noche Triste or Night of Sorrows Plaza in Mexico City the Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés shed his tears after losing a battle in 1520, had its name changed Tuesday to Plaza de la Noche Victoriosa or the Night of Victory Plaza.The change of the plaza's name reflects another step of the Mexican government in trying to rewrite the history of the conquest. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: THE CEREMONY IN WHICH THE NOCHE TRISTE PLAZA WAS GIVEN A NEW NAME AS THE NOCHE VICTORIOSA PLAZA, IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITE: HEAD OF GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO CITY, CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: We changed the name of La Noche Triste (the Night of Sorrows), as Beatriz said, because for us it is essential to also defend those who died in the Massacre in the Great Temple, and to defend the natives of these lands.

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