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Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).- A group of people protested Tuesday outside the Spanish embassy in Mexico City against the commemoration of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.While President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government has put the emphasis on "indigenous resistance" as it marks this year's quincentennial of the Spanish conquest, the original peoples continue to struggle against what they describe as neglect and marginalization by the present-day Mexican state. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF PEOPLE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO,
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,"
Mexico City, Aug 12 (EFE).- The esplanade of the Zocalo in Mexico City was filled with flowers, prayers, dances, and rituals on Thursday to commemorate and reclaim the memory of the last day of freedom of the native peoples before the Spanish Conquest took place. Mexico this year marked 500 years since the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.The Spanish won the final battle in Tenochtitlan on 13 August 1521. It was decisive event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: DANCERS CARRY OUT A CULTURAL ACT AT THE ESPLANADE OF MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Mexico City, Aug 12 (EFE).- The esplanade of the Zocalo in Mexico City was filled with flowers, prayers, dances, and rituals on Thursday to mark this year’s 500th anniversary of Tenochtitlan’s fall.Mexico this year marked 500 years since the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.The Spanish won the final battle in Tenochtitlan on 13 August 1521. It was decisive event in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. (Camera: AMERICA NERI).SHOT LIST: ILLUMINATED IMAGE OF COYOLXAUHQUI TO COMMEMORATE 500 YEARS OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE IN MEXICO CITY'S ZOCALO, MEXICO.
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.
Colombian Indigenous people take down a statue of Sebastián de Belalcázar, a 16th century Spanish conquistador, as a form of protest against the violence they have faced throughout history, according to their spokesmen. IMAGES
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