Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Marking 500-year milestone in ‘one of history’s cataclysmic clashes of civilizations’

Mexico’s Aztec heritage is recognized in a parade on June 25, 1952, in Mexico City during the International Lions Club Convention. Aug. 13, 2021, marks the 500th anniversary of a key point the Spanish ...
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Spanish politicians object to Pope’s ‘apology’ for abuses of American colonization

Pope Francis touches an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 12, 2020. (Credit: Paolo Galosi/Pool ...
Global Voices Online

Why does the Spanish crown refuse to apologize for colonizing Mexico?

Before the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on October 1, her first diplomatic conflict had already begun. Although she invited the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, to her ...
Business Insider

A TikToker faced backlash over a video about Spanish architecture in Mexico after users quickly pointed out the buildings were a product of colonization

Influencer Melissa Ray shared a TikTok Thursday of her trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. In the video, Ray expressed gratitude for the Spanish architecture built in Mexico. TikTok users were quick to call out ...
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Surviving Spanish conquest : Indian fight, flight, and cultural transformation in Hispaniola and Puerto Rico / Karen F. Anderson-Cordova

"An ethnohistoric and archaeological study of the transformations that occurred in Indian communities during the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico from 1492 to 1550"-- Provided by ...
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Indigenous mortality following Spanish colonization did not always lead to forest regrowth

A new study, published now in Nature Ecology and Evolution, draws on pollen records from tropical regions formerly claimed by the Spanish Empire in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, to test the ...