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President of Mexico apologizes for Spanish conquest

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Mexico City, Aug 13 (EFE) .- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador apologized for the "catastrophe" caused by the Spanish conquest on Friday while commemorating the 500th anniversary of the taking of Tenochtitlan by the troops of Hernán Cortés .(Camera: AMÉRCIA NERI)SOUND BITES: MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANDRÉS MANUEL LÓPEZ OBRADOR (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATION:"We remember the fall of the great Tecnochtitlan and offer forgiveness to the victims of the catastrophe caused by the Spanish military occupation of Mesoamerica and the rest of the territory of the current Mexican Republic,"

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